Donald Trump went on a largely aimless rant to a group of Navy midshipmen and a handful of members of the armed forces’ top brass on Tuesday as he announced the construction of a new submarine shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland.
The president spoke Tuesday afternoon in front of a combat vessel at Sparrows Point, Maryland, where he announced that defense contractor Anduril would build the facility to support the construction of the Navy’s new autonomous submarine craft. But the point of his visit was once again obscured by an unfocused diatribe about the war in Iran, the U.S. strike on Venezuela, and the tariff policies his administration has used to reshape global trade frameworks.
