One-on-One: Navy Secretary John Phelan

The Bret Baier Podcast

FOX News Podcasts

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.1 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Following President Trump’s announcement of the new Golden Fleet initiative, a new class of warships set to begin construction in the coming years, he's focused in on several US defense contractors whom he argues are not meeting the standards necessary to maintain their government contracts. Secretary of the Navy John Phelan joins Bret to discuss President Trump’s call to rebuild the American shipbuilding industry, going over the main obstacles to building back American manufacturing capabilities, why growing international tensions make the effort necessary, and reacting to the President’s criticism of long-time defense contractors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.5	Good evening. I'm Brett Bear. We are in Mobile, Alabama, talking with military leaders about the Trump administration's shipbuilding effort.
0:52.6	I spoke about the topic with Navy Secretary John Phelan.
0:56.3	We started the day at the Ingalls Shipyard
0:59.6	in Pascagoula, Mississippi,
1:01.3	aboard one of the newest ships being finished there.
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