Trump CRASHES OUT at WH as NAVY CHIEF RESIGNS!!!! - Meidas Touch

[Rhiannon12866]

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump crashing out as the United States Secretary of Navy John Phelan has just resigned in the middle of the war with Iran. - 04/22/2026.

[in2herbs]

1. Maybe the upside to this is that now the military will take over the WH, boot everyone out and install

new leaders.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

2. No, CONGRESS has to do its job!

TOSS HIM OUT! HE IS COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT and lives in his own version of reality. HE ENDANGERS US ALL!

[BigmanPigman]

3. Hear, hear!!!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Yes, but it's important to remember who's now in charge of the U.S. military...

[in2herbs]

5. You are right, but if the whole regime was kicked out of out WH, that would be a good start! That would

include anyone appointed in the military by the regime.

[Shellback Squid]

6. Leavitt not only lies for trump but the whole administration, Jared and his cohort need to be in front of cameras

Journalists can ask them about the state of negotiations

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Leavitt makes my skin crawl as she confidently broadcasts her lies

And when the Obama administration negotiated their deal - which the current administration ripped up - there were dozens of diplomats and negotiators working behind the scenes. The current administration sent a couple of real estate developers who the felon-in-chief happened to know personally.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Trump's Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary's Ouster (NYT Gift Article)

The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/trump-navy-secretary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.-O4X.f4VsdDqaN8QD&smid=url-share

President Trump wanted one thing, more than anything else, from his secretary of the Navy, John Phelan: a new class of battleships.

“They’ll be the fastest, the biggest and by far — 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built,” Mr. Trump boasted at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate and resort in Florida a few days before Christmas. Mr. Phelan, a billionaire investor who has a home near the club, stood next to the president as he made the announcement.

Mr. Phelan’s job was to deliver the first of Mr. Trump’s battleships by 2028.

On Wednesday, Mr. Trump fired Mr. Phelan, who had struggled to come up with a plan to deliver the ships on the nearly impossible timeline that Mr. Trump has demanded, senior defense and administration officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.....

Presidents rarely pay close attention to military procurement, but Mr. Trump has spoken repeatedly about his plans for a new “Trump-class” battleship. In a February speech to soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C., Mr. Trump insisted that he had helped design the new class of ships that bear his name......

In Mr. Trump’s imagination the new warship would be massive, weighing as much as 40,000 tons, and would be packed with new high-tech weapons, like lasers, hypersonic missiles and electric rail guns, most of which are still in development and years from being deployed.

In recent weeks, it had become clear to Mr. Phelan that the Navy and the U.S. shipbuilding industry did not have the ability to deliver on Mr. Trump’s vision. Mr. Phelan recently suggested to Mr. Trump that the Navy might have to rely on European shipyards to deliver the battleships on the ambitious timeline Mr. Trump was demanding, senior military and administration officials said.

Mr. Trump rejected the suggestion.

Battleships are not practical or effective in today's world. trump wanted magical battleships that bore his name and fired Phelan for promising these magical battleships and not delivering.