All-Star Panel: Latest Epstein File Release Raises More Questions Than Answers

The Bret Baier Podcast

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🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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America is known across the globe for its military might, but in terms of the number of ships in the United States Navy, it has been overtaken by China in recent years, who now holds the largest naval fleet in the world. This may not remain the case for long however, after President Trump announced on Monday that the military would begin construction on a new line of massive warships. Co-Founder of South & Hill Strategies, Colin Reed, CEO of Schoen Cooperman Research, Carly Cooperman, and FOX News Chief Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram discuss what President Trump’s announcement of a new line of warships means, the state of healthcare legislation on the hill, and whether last week’s lackluster Epstein file release could be considered Contempt of Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.4	President Trump announced that the military would begin developing a new class of warship of the Trump class with construction of the vessels expected to begin in 2030.
0:53.9	According to specifications released by Navy officials, the ships are estimated to be more than
0:59.0	double the size of the largest ships currently in American fleet and have the capacity
1:05.0	to carry hypersonic missile batteries. When asked by reporters whether the ships were meant to counter
1:10.0	China's Navy, which currently is the largest in the world, by Hull count, President Trump denied this, saying they were meant to counter everybody.
1:18.7	It's to counter to everybody. It's not China. We get along great with China, have a great relationship with President Xi, and not China. It's just everybody. You don't know who comes along,
1:30.2	but we just wanted peace through strength. Hopefully we never have to use them, but there will never
1:35.0	be anything built like this. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volomir Zelensky expressed optimism
1:40.4	toward the state of peace negotiations with Russia, saying nearly 90% of Ukraine's demands
1:46.7	have been incorporated into the current draft. All of this as we enter the holiday season,
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