‘Shouldn’t be renamed at all’: senator attacks Navy’s reported consideration of honoring Trump instead of Black war hero – live
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Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and retired Navy officer, slams Navy’s mulling of naming a carrier for Trump instead of WWII hero Doris Miller

A naval aircraft carrier under construction is slated to bear the name of an enlisted sailor, the first for an African-American. Or was.

The Navy is planning to replace Doris Miller’s name on the ship, possibly with that of president Donald Trump, CNN reports. No carrier in the US Navy has ever been named for a sitting president.

  • hamsamrich
    9·
    1 month ago

    I’m just glad he’s old. Can you imagine if he was like 40 or 50? only a matter of time.

    • warbond
      15·
      1 month ago

      Science has already unnaturally extended his life and I will never forgive it for that