🗞️ Story file #159
Trump announces $6.6 billion submarine shipyard investment in Maryland
Oct 6, 4 PM ET to Oct 8, 1 PM ET
- 20outlets carried it
- 🫏4 · 4 · 12🐘left · center · right
- 1.9 dayson the front pages
- 19front pages at once, at its peak
- 47 sof TV captions
- 1radio newscast
- 12people retold it online
- 1 of 3parts of a saga
👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.
- Oct 6, 4 PM ETfirst on a front page: News Nation
- Oct 7, 2 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
- Oct 7, 9 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
- Oct 7, 2 PM ETpeak: on 19 front pages
- Oct 8, 4 AM ETretold online by 12 people
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
📡 wire copy: 1 outlet ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (Military.com)
📌 linked by aggregators: Political Wire Google News
💬 quoted: “Largest New Shipyard” “next generation” “Maritime Dominance”
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 blue state whose governor 🫏 trump highlights
✏️ 6 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- Breitbart (3 wordings): “Trump in Maryland Announces Construction of ‘Largest New Shipyard’ in U.S.” → “…POTUS Announces Construction of ‘Largest New Shipyard’ in U.S.”
- Just the News (2 wordings): “Watch Live: President Donald Trump delivers remarks in Baltimore, Maryland” → “Trump announces construction of largest new shipyard since WWII in Baltimore”
- News Nation (2 wordings): “Live: Trump unveils new $6.6B Maryland shipyard” → “Trump unveils new $6.6B Maryland shipyard”
- Scripps News (2 wordings): “Military Trump to announce $6.6 billion submarine manufacturing project in Maryland Haley Bull” → “Military Trump announces $6.6 billion submarine manufacturing project in Maryland Haley Bull”
- The Epoch Times (5 wordings): “Trump to Tout $6.6 Billion Defense Investment During Baltimore Visit” → “Trump Announces $6.6 Billion Investment in New Submarine Shipyard”
- The Hill (4 wordings): “Live updates: Trump set to unveil sub investment in Baltimore; California ...” → “Trump: Government will take massive stake in ‘next generation’ submarine shipyard”
Every outlet's first headline (20), left to right by AllSides rating
AP
Trump highlights a big new defense project in Maryland, a blue state whose governor didn't attend Oct 6, 7 PM ET
Military.com
Trump Highlights a Big New Defense Project in Maryland, a Blue State Whose Governor Won’t Be There Oct 6, 5 PM ET
NBC News
Live updates: Trump to announce a new submarine parts facility in Maryland Oct 6, 10 AM ET
PBS NewsHour
WATCH LIVE: Trump announces manufacturing site for submarine components in Baltimore Oct 6, 5 PM ET
News Nation
Live: Trump unveils new $6.6B Maryland shipyard Oct 6, 4 PM ET
Reuters
New Maryland defense shipyard gets $6.6 billion commitment and Trump visit Oct 6, 4 PM ET
Scripps News
Military Trump to announce $6.6 billion submarine manufacturing project in Maryland Haley Bull Oct 6, 11 AM ET
The Hill
Live updates: Trump set to unveil sub investment in Baltimore; California ... Oct 6, 4 PM ET
Just the News
Watch Live: President Donald Trump delivers remarks in Baltimore, Maryland Oct 6, 5 PM ET
The Epoch Times
Trump to Tout $6.6 Billion Defense Investment During Baltimore Visit Oct 6, 4 PM ET
The Washington Times
Trump announces $6.6B initiative to build submarine parts at Baltimore shipyard Oct 7, 2 PM ET
Washington Examiner
WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers remarks at Baltimore shipyard Oct 6, 4 PM ET
Breitbart
Trump in Maryland Announces Construction of ‘Largest New Shipyard’ in U.S. Oct 6, 9 PM ET
Fox News
Trump turns to emerging tech giant in multi-billion bid to ramp up US submarine production Oct 6, 1 PM ET
New York Post
Trump to announce $6.6B US investment with Anduril for Baltimore sub facility Oct 6, 11 AM ET
Newsmax
Trump Touts Submarine Defense Project in Maryland Oct 6, 10 PM ET- OAN Md.: Trump visits Baltimore County, showcasing $3.7B investment led by Anduril Industries to strengthen U.S. naval fleet Oct 6, 6 PM ET
The Daily Caller
Trump Announces Largest New Shipyard Since WW2 Oct 7, 11 AM ET
The Daily Wire
Trump To Spend Billions To Beef Up Navy’s Submarine Fleet Oct 6, 3 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit
WATCH LIVE: President Trump Announces New Navy Shipyard in Sparrows Point, Maryland – 4 PM ET Oct 6, 5 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- PRESIDENT TRUMP PUSHES AMERICA'S TECH DOMINANCE Fox News, 25 s
- TRUMP ANNOUNCES SUBMARINE INVESTMENT WITH ANDURIL Fox News, 22 s
📻 On the radio
- NPR News Now, Oct 7, 2:09 AM ET: story 4 of 7
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🧶 Retold online
- Trump's sons have secured billions in Pentagon contracts through their investments, raising concerns about corruption and conflicts of interest. Oct 8: told by 12 people
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 20 likes, 13 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 6 likes, 4 reposts
On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.
🗣️ names in it: Donald Trump Maryland Anduril Baltimore Haley Bull
🔎 Checking
what the fact-checkers looked into
🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.
🧵 Persistence
the running story it belongs to
🧵 Trump's Baltimore shipyard visit
Trump announces $6.6 billion submarine shipyard investment in Maryland (this story)
Oct 6, 4 PM ET
Maryland governor says he was blocked from speaking at Trump's shipyard event
Oct 6, 7 PM ET
Anduril and US Navy invest $6.6 billion in submarine parts production
Oct 7, 8 AM ET