{"id":89118,"date":"2026-10-25T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/89118\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:06:48","slug":"what-the-trump-administrations-shipbuilding-initiative-means-for-the-economy-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/89118\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Trump administration&#8217;s shipbuilding initiative means for the economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump is spotlighting a multibillion-dollar shipbuilding initiative in Maryland, emphasizing its potential to boost national security, economic growth, and job creation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/news-team\/5a9f3277-8181-47b8-b1c9-45e2ad91e4d6\" aria-label=\"Rachel Hirschheimer profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792940808_895_5a9f3277-8181-47b8-b1c9-45e2ad91e4d6_1767125011.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Rachel Hirschheimer\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>WASHINGTON \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">President Donald Trump highlighted a $3.7 billion defense project in Maryland on Tuesday, emphasizing its role in reviving America&#8217;s shipbuilding capabilities for national security and economic growth.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/governor.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Maryland Gov. Wes Moore<\/a> said in a statement the initiative could potentially create &#8220;the most jobs in Maryland in history.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Trump also underscored Baltimore&#8217;s importance to the future of America&#8217;s Navy.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">&#8220;With our combined efforts, this will be a golden age like no country has ever seen, and like our country has never seen,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;It&#8217;ll also be a golden age of shipbuilding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The project involves the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anduril.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">military technology company Anduril<\/a> investing more than $3 billion to build components for nuclear-powered submarines at a Baltimore-area shipyard. Administration officials said the government will commit $2.9 billion to the project by purchasing the factory&#8217;s output.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Trump&#8217;s public appearance is part of a series of events showcasing investments in factories across the country. These events continue as high gasoline prices from the Iran war and inflation have impacted the president&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-economy-approval-trump-midterms-8d5809758a31b29c73f4351a8008147c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">approval ratings on the economy.  <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">According to AAA,<\/a> the average price for a gallon of regular gas is $4.37 per gallon. Before the war started at the end of February, gas was $2.98 per gallon. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Later Wednesday, Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in San Antonio, Texas. The rally will likely aim to encourage voters to support GOP candidates in next month&#8217;s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Keep watching for the latest from the Washington News Bureau:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump is spotlighting a multibillion-dollar shipbuilding initiative in Maryland, emphasizing its potential to boost national security,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[20],"tags":[2959,8109,3463,8075,3179,27511,818,76,4737,296,4571,207,2088,954,144,41020,19089,5879,2897,41021,1728,41022,41023,3162,63,21580,206,817,93,41025,41024,91,446,1899,19357,3284],"class_list":["post-89118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-maryland","tag-america","tag-anduril","tag-baltimore","tag-congress","tag-country","tag-defense-project","tag-democrats","tag-economy","tag-event","tag-factory","tag-gallon","tag-gas-prices","tag-investment","tag-iran-war","tag-maryland","tag-maryland-governor","tag-midterm-election","tag-midterms","tag-military","tag-military-company","tag-navy","tag-navy-investment","tag-navy-shipyard","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-president-trump","tag-rally","tag-regular-gas","tag-republicans","tag-san-antonio","tag-shipbuilding-capability","tag-shipbuilding-initiative","tag-texas","tag-trump","tag-trump-administration","tag-war-with-iran","tag-wes-moore"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/thestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}