Reverend Wright: "Who says that ?
Hegseth’s leaked memo list 17 protected categories.
And a “350 ship” navy is not on it.
“Executable” is not a 350 ship navy.
They don’t currently have the shipyard capacity to properly maintain what they have."
Sec. Hegseth intends to squeeze $50 billion out of the military's $840 billion budget = 8%.
Congress is planning to increase defense spending by circa $200 billion, to over $1 trillion per year.
To me, that looks like an extra $250 billion per year.
If only 1/3 of that $250 billion goes to the US Navy, it will add over $80 billion per year, which is more than enough to pay for increasing ship-building capacities to levels needed for reaching the 355 manned ships, plus 134 unmanned ships, goals.
This summary is from several years ago, but is still roughly what's being presented as of January 2025: