General Atomics, the company that builds the electromagnetic aircraft launch system for the Ford-class carriers, said Trump’s decision to revert to steam ā€œwarrants careful reconsiderationā€. The company told the Journal its work on the new ship is nearly 50% complete and ā€œchanging course now would introduce significant cost, schedule, and integration risksā€.

Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and a former astronaut, was more blunt in his reaction to the news.

ā€œI’ve launched off the front of aircraft carriers hundreds of times, have a Master’s degree in aeronautical engineering, and am a test pilot and even I wouldn’t suggest to the Navy how to engineer specific systems on its ships,ā€ Kelly wrote on social media. ā€œDonald Trump should stick to what he knows best – ballrooms, bankruptcy, and bullshit.ā€

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      6 days ago

      Are y’all still going on about this? The (to oversimplify) racists voted for their racist candidate; the decent people didn’t get a decent candidate to vote for so they voted less. The idea that either of them being women had anything to do with it is unmitigated bullshit.