Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

Shortage of Ship Builders

21 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker argues that the United States faces a critical shortage of skilled shipbuilders, which threatens national security. He attributes the shortage to a combination of heavy regulation, a cultural shift he labels 'wokeness,' low motivation within the military ranks, and reliance on foreign assistance. He also points to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as a figure whose policies may exacerbate the problem. The speaker emphasizes that this issue is under‑discussed despite its strategic importance.

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You guys may not know this. I read about this quite some time ago, but we have a shortage of people that build ships in the United States. One of the reasons why, besides the regulation and besides the wokeness and just the lack of motivation with our military ranks, that's going to end, I believe, with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. But one of the reasons it's so difficult to build ships inside of the United States is we, we rely on other countries to help us out, for one. But, but in part, that's because we don't have enough people inside of the United States that are skilled enough to do the work. And nobody talks about that. It is a national security threat.