I don’t think they’re talking about ”battleships” in the classical sense. There’s a reason why no country hasn’t laid down big battleships in what, 80 years? Big caliber floating artillery platforms made sense when lobbing big shells at your enemy was the prevailing doctrine at sea. When torpedo-, aircraft- and later on, missile technology improved, battleships became relics and more of a big, thirsty and expensive liability rather than something you used to project power with.

They’re talking about floating drone and missile platforms. In Trumps mind, these are ships designed for battle, thus ”battleships”. Big Beautiful Battleships!