Trump’s navy secretary ousted over dispute about shipbuilding
Upstract [Unofficial]
April 23, 2026
The Trump administration fired its top naval official on Wednesday in a move unrelated to the ongoing naval blockade of Iran’s strait of Hormuz, but instead over over an internal dispute about shipbuilding. The Pentagon confirmed that John Phelan, who ran a private investment fund in Florida and…
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