Trump’s long-standing grudge against electromagnetic launchers seems to stem from his frustration about the production of the USS Gerald R. Ford, which cost roughly $13 billionto make and experienced delays and cost overruns. There’s no reason to think its launchers don’t work, however.

Anybody else have a boss that made a terrible decision that cost the company too much money. And rather than admitting they fucked up, they told everybody the entire process was wrong and needed to be fixed everywhere. Resulting in massive additional costs and an all around worse process.