🏛️ Politics 6h ago · Jack Detsch

U.S. navy chief resigns amid Pentagon infighting

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Navy Secretary John Phelan abruptly left his job on Wednesday in part because a hugely expensive new battleship he championed sparked friction with his superiors — including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.



Phelan, who served just over a year in his post, had helped conceive of the new battleships to curry favor with President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the matter.



The “Trump Class” battleships were a major source of frustration for Hegseth and Deputy Secretary Step

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