President Trump to Launch New White House Office Focused on Shipbuilding

As part of his sweeping national address before Congress on March 4, United States President Donald Trump promised to establish a new office of shipbuilding in the White House.

He also announced the federal government would soon offer tax incentives to bring the shipbuilding industry back to America. “We used to make so many ships,” President Trump said. “We don’t make them anymore very much, but we’re going to make them very fast, very soon. It will have a huge impact.”

Naval power: America’s merchant marine fleet has dwindled from 3,000 deepwater vessels in 1960 to only 182 ships today. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy has shrunk from 812 ships in 1960 to 295 deployable vessels today. These numbers are expected to contract further since old ships are being retired faster than new ships are being built.

China will eventually surpass the U.S. as a naval power unless something is done. So President Trump is taking action.

Blessings and curses: Immediately after announcing a new shipbuilding office, Trump reiterated his promise to reclaim the Panama Canal. He realizes that possessing the world’s most powerful navy does not mean much unless you control the world’s strategic maritime choke points.

Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry noted in his January 3 Key of David program that Mr. Trump may reclaim the Panama Canal if he follows Theodore Roosevelt’s example of fearing God and acting courageously. President Trump’s State of the Union address showed more gratitude for the blessings God has given America than any president since Ronald Reagan, yet the American people must return to the faith and obedience of their ancestors to keep these blessings.

Learn more: Read “How America Won and Lost the Panama Canal,” by Gerald Flurry.