🧵 Trump is making the US Navy waste billions retrofitting antiquated steam technology on aircraft carriers because he does not understand magnets.
He actually thinks that water breaks magnets:
From 2024: "All I know about magnets is this: Give me a glass of water and let me drop it on the magnets. That's the end of the magnets."
Trump has a bizarre obsession with hating magnets, kind of like his windmill obsession...
Matthew Sheffield
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