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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.

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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Maybe he wants them to jump off the side before boarding this time.

If everyone who loves Trump would get in Navy ships our problems would be solved.

[–] blastosist@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

The fact that over 30% of Americans support this is depressing.

[–] Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 65 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I like to think he's so desperate to honor himself because he knows history won't.

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is exactly it. He's hoping to brand as much as he can while he's alive. The Kennedy center was a huge blow to his ego. He'll use the board to gild the whole thing so it'll cost millions to undo.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They voted to carve his name into it so that it can't be undone. Bitches don't know about patching, and filling.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's marble, not concrete. Anything that gets engraved is going to be visible no matter what.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Remove a section and replace, then. It wasn't carved in place.

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it's a literal facade.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Like a dying dog, he'll pee on everything in a desperate attempt to mark his territory before he, y'know, dies.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 days ago

He's always been this way. He's a rapist and he wants to force himself on the whole world. It's narcissism and evil.

[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Weirdly, history has whitewashed plenty of fascists and murderers. We always assume the truth is what survives in the long run but this is hardly guaranteed.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We can chip a huge turd out of a Mountain and call it the Trump monument.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Sure, but even better would be to give him absolutely no further attention at all.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You mean the draft dodger?

[–] savvie@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago

Yes, President Donald J ‘Dickfarts’ Trump!

[–] Cjwi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Trump is our real black war hero

[–] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump really hates wartime hero’s, doesn’t he…absolutely deplorable.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 days ago

Especially black ones. Thats mostly what this is about

[–] opus86@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If they name it after Trump, it will just sink like everything else he does.

[–] jestho@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

I think it might actually turn into a slowly melting pile of shit

[–] tea_n_typewriters@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

Doris Miller: mans a machine gun during an attack

Donald Trump: mans a catering truck during a potential attack

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago

If it walks like a racist and it talks like a racist and it governs like a racist and it......

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Idk, there's definitely something fitting about 200 half-starved sailors doing the hover-ass over malfunctioning toilets on the USS Donald J Trump.

[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Yeah but it’s weird to name any structure after Trump when only ~~consenting~~ adults are having sex inside it.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rape is common in the US military.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The US Navy has a long and storied reputation for sexual assault. Practically back to it's founding.

[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Ah then USS Trump it is!

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 12 points 2 days ago

When he was ranting about steam catapults -- that was this same ship he was talking about.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm here for the USS Orange Jello

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

USS Pedophile

[–] hamsamrich@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Science, the best medical drugs known to man, and a whole lotta spite.

[–] iocase@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

The.US has been ruled by a single group of 1940-1950 babies. Thank god they eventually die but still...

[–] PorradaVFR@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago
[–] MrTomS@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Damn good coffee

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

I need this on my morning coffee cup

[–] SouthEndSunset@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So they’re gonna call it Captain Bonespurs?

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The USS Epic Dumbass

Or maybe it'll be like ship names in Halo:

the USS Travesty of Greed

USS Racist Clown

USS Traitorous Fuckstick