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President Trump is eyeing foreign shipbuilders to establish operations in the United States as part of an effort to rapidly expand the Navy's fleet, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said Sunday, arguing the move could create roughly 540,000 American jobs while bolstering the nation's defense."Right now, we're held with two manufacturers in the United States that are building ships, so what the president wants to do is look at other builders," Cao told "The Big Weekend Show.""We're not building foreign ships.What we're doing is having them invest in the United States," he said.TIM SHEEHY EXPOSES A 'SCARY' SHIPBUILDING COLLAPSE THAT LEAVES THE US VULNERABLE TO CHINAPresident Donald Trump took questions from reporters after announcing the creation of the "Trump-class" battleship during remarks at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Dec.
22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida.(Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)"Toyotas and Nissans are made here in the U.S., so why can't they bring that capability over here? And maybe some of their processes are more efficient than ours also.
We're gonna create 540,000 jobs when they do that."Cao said the proposal is driven by a simple reality: the Navy does not have enough ships to meet today's global demands.This comes as tensions simmer in the Middle East and China continues expanding its military presence in the Indo-Pacific.PETE HEGSETH FACES CONGRESS OVER PENTAGON'S UNPRECEDENTED $1.5 TRILLION BUDGET AS DEMOCRATS VOW TO BLOCK ITActing Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao testifies during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing titled "The Posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for FY2027 and the Future Years Defense Program," in Dirksen building on Tuesday, May 19.
(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)"We need 350 ships," Cao explained, noting that aircraft carriers such as the USS Gerald R.Ford have seen extended deployments because there are not enough vessels to rotate into service."That's exa...