August 26, 2025 | 10:12 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to revive the American shipbuilding industry, citing economic and national security reasons. He said South Korea is considering coming to the U.S. with several shipyards.
"We are thinking about contracting some ships. They build them very well in South Korea," Trump told reporters while hosting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House on Monday, as reported by Anadolu.
"They're also thinking about coming to our country with some shipyards to start us on the process of building ships again," he added.
"We were building ships all the time for everybody, and presidents and people allowed that to slip by," he said.
Trump mentioned that during World War II, they were building "a ship a day," including tankers and various other types of ships, and they were very active.
He said the United States would buy ships from South Korea, but would also ask South Korea to build ships together in the U.S. with American labor.
"And we're going to go back into the shipbuilding business again," he emphasized.
Highlighting that South Korea is a "big buyer" of U.S. military equipment, Trump said they will be discussing that.
Furthermore, Trump also commanded the B-2 stealth bomber.
"The B-2 bomber was so, so successful in what took place in the little excursion that we made. 36 hours. And it wiped out the—nobody's ever seen anything like it," referring to the attack on Iran's nuclear facilities during Operation Midnight Hammer in June.
"We love what they do. We love their product. We love their ships. We love a lot of the things that they make, and they love what we have. We're dealing with them on Alaska having to do with the oil they need," he added, referring to South Korea.
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