After Carl Vinson, John Stennis, Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, and Gerald R. Ford, JUST WHAT DID PEOPLE THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?
Compare and Contrast with Saratoga, Valley Forge, Midway, Tarawa, Independence, Coral Sea, or even Kitty Hawk.
Dunking on the opposition by recycling politicians has doomed the fleet to generations of stupid and divisive political warfare over what should be symbols of national unity and purpose.
USS William J Clinton isn’t even that bad. The people who thought it was a good idea to use dead politicans for ships have made the USS Diane Feinstein, USS Nancy Pelosi, and USS Barack Obama inevitable.
Deep State loves monuments to itself.
In addition to stoking its ego, they also make great propaganda tools.