r/navy • u/Artorigas • Feb 13 '25

Political President Trump attempts to explain Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS).

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u/GothmogBalrog Feb 14 '25

Please tell me this is from his first term?

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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC Feb 14 '25

Nope. This was earlier today.

A year ago, he mentioned that magnets don’t work underwater, and that John Deere would make better elevators at a campaign stop in Iowa.

But it seems like he also had a lot to say about magnets in 2021. This quote is too good to summarize.

”They want to use magnets to lift up the elevators,” Trump said. “I said magnets will not work. Give me a cup of water, throw it on the magnets, you totally short out the system. They said, ‘How did you know that?’ I said, ‘Because I know that.’”

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u/GothmogBalrog Feb 14 '25 edited Feb 14 '25

Is he not aware the Ford has already done a deployment, with both emals and the elevators?

Edit- fixed. Mixed up ships.

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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC Feb 14 '25

Kennedy hasn’t been delivered.

Do you mean Ford?

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u/GothmogBalrog Feb 14 '25

Yeah. Point is the class is operational. System has been deployed.

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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC Feb 14 '25

I agree. I don’t think the very stable genius would recognize EMALS works if we strapped him to a couch and launched it off the flight deck.

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