President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to build more ships, “very fast, very soon,” as China’s naval shipbuilding capacity is now more than 230 times greater than America’s, reports Axios.

Trump is also mulling having a White House shipbuilding office, according to the report.

Trump during his speech to Congress last week said he would “resurrect the American shipbuilding industry.”

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