Trump commissions new Coast Guard icebreaker with aims of boosting Arctic security

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President Donald Trump is setting the gears in motion for a significant expansion of America’s polar fleet, marked by the Monday commissioning of the United States Coast Guard cutter Storis, its first new polar icebreaker in decades.

In total, funding provided by Trump’s reconciliation bill, which he signed into law on July 4, and the Coast Guard’s Force Design 2028 will funnel more than $25 billion into expanding the polar fleet.

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