Yet at least part of the reason why Phelan was fired last week, according to news reports, was because Trump had given him an impossible and unnecessary assignment to build a new “Trump-class” battleship, the centerpiece of what Trump calls a “golden fleet,” before he leaves office in 2029. (Fox News reported that another reason Phelan was ousted was his refusal to ignore a federal judge’s ruling that it would be unconstitutional to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona), a retired Navy captain, for making a video reminding military personnel not to obey illegal orders.)