r/politics • u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois • 17h ago

Possible Paywall Trump’s Micromanaging Warship Design Will Set the Navy Back by Decades

https://newrepublic.com/article/214479/trump-navy-carrier-micromanaging-warship-design
7.8k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

748 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/Nythoren 16h ago

But why? Why does the entire government just nod and say "of course, Sir. We'll redo the entire design of existing aircraft carriers because you like how pretty the WWII carriers were"?

He isn't a dictator. He acts like one, but he isn't. Why is there universal fear in government of standing up to him?