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# ![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::5900252.png) @johnkonrad John Ʌ Konrad V

John Ʌ Konrad V posts on X about money, coldplay, china, has been the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/interactions)
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### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/posts_active)
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### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/followers)
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### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/influencer_rank)
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### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/influence)
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**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  XXXX% [finance](/list/finance)  XXXX% [musicians](/list/musicians)  XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  XXX% [stocks](/list/stocks)  XXX% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  XXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  XXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  XXXX% [formula 1](/list/formula-1)  XXXX% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  XXXX%

**Social topic influence**
[money](/topic/money) 2.53%, [coldplay](/topic/coldplay) 2.53%, [china](/topic/china) 1.9%, [has been](/topic/has-been) #2076, [told](/topic/told) 1.9%, [canadian](/topic/canadian) 1.9%, [panama](/topic/panama) 1.27%, [just a](/topic/just-a) 1.27%, [trumps](/topic/trumps) 1.27%, [$7846t](/topic/$7846t) #1029

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**Top assets mentioned**
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### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::5900252/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Im going to need receipts on free panama canal navigation because the pilots down there are telling me the opposite"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945321794136662071) 2025-07-16 03:17:12 UTC 73.7K followers, 6725 engagements


"Whats the one maritime or naval conspiracy theory you believe"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946377391888027971) 2025-07-19 01:11:46 UTC 73.7K followers, 19.4K engagements


"Damn it. One of my absolute favorites here"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946696675697070113) 2025-07-19 22:20:30 UTC 73.7K followers, 7828 engagements


"Question of the week: Was Trumps massive maritime push in his first XXX days (Panama talks Greenland play Yemen strikes executive order shipbuilding hype) genuine strategy or just leverage on trade negotiations with China Or is there another reason maritime momentum stalled after the China trade deal"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947244793047777301) 2025-07-21 10:38:31 UTC 73.7K followers, 4656 engagements


"True. And I respect the hell out of my wife who in 2003 spent days drifting in a suspected minefield aboard a ship packed with explosives on Navy orders. But she wont even stand at veterans events because so many veterans have told her the Merchant Marine isnt a real service"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946768909035581630) 2025-07-20 03:07:31 UTC 73.7K followers, 6641 engagements


"Im old enough to remember when you could drive XX minutes north of the Bronx & see rifles hanging behind glass in pickup trucks parked for hours. A few times as a kid dad would chat with the owner hed point to the safety say dont touch then hand me the loaded rifle"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945088366770315469) 2025-07-15 11:49:39 UTC 73.7K followers, 5788 engagements


"Best flight of my entire life. So proud of this kid BZ Jack"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946649948289745170) 2025-07-19 19:14:49 UTC 73.7K followers, 40.1K engagements


"Did he mean to say $XXXX Billion with a B Because XXXX million really isnt a lot of money anymore"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947313933540282755) 2025-07-21 15:13:15 UTC 73.7K followers, 5409 engagements


"Theres a bit more to this story about Lindbergs contributions in WW2 Leading up to Pearl Harbor Charles Lindbergh was loudly anti-war and FDR hated him for it. Roosevelt blocked him from enlisting even as a private and made sure Lindy stayed far away from any battlefield. Meanwhile in the Southwest Pacific MacArthur was desperate. Supplies were scarce and logistics were a nightmare. His Air Corps commander General George Kenney was pulling off miraclespioneering combat airlift long-range missions and jungle airstrips but even he couldnt conjure cargo ships out of thin air. Heres the problem:"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946544279687713008) 2025-07-19 12:14:55 UTC 73.7K followers, 25.1K engagements


"@SamuelFByers I have put in the request with my tour organizer"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948004195337978182) 2025-07-23 12:56:06 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX engagements


"And the once great Royal Navy is a shell of its former self"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947103564956086350) 2025-07-21 01:17:19 UTC 73.7K followers, 11.3K engagements


"The majority of divorces start when one spouse gets more emotional and the other starts shrugging. Same with countries. Its already over. Shut the border and change the locks now before they do something dumb"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1944882650592006369) 2025-07-14 22:12:12 UTC 73.7K followers, 39.9K engagements


"Turns out one of the sailors buddies had just signed up for Facebook. At 11:23PM he snapped a photo from the bar. The photo looked innocent but in the background was the sailor with his arms around a gal looking exactly like a ceo at a Coldplay concert. Apparently someone in the OOWC (Offshore Oil Wives Club) saw it. And let me tell you: if GGFV are the worlds best HUMINT network and the Yakuza is second then the OOWC is a strong bronze medalist. They maybe third but to their credit the OOWC network moved faster than NSA fiber. His wife saw the photo BEFORE he left the club and committed the"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946229402599047622) 2025-07-18 15:23:43 UTC 73.7K followers, 7351 engagements


"I live at the corner of MA CT and NY between NYC and Albany. This weekend I flew a small plane with my son. Ive seen the Northeast from jets and drones but cruising just a few thousand feet up it hit me: Even in the crowded Northeast theres massive amounts of untouched open land. Its wild. Totally untouched. Not even farmland just millions upon millions of acres of woods. The areas zoned for development are tiny. Its one of the most beautiful places on earth but real estate prices are high like everywhere else. Heres the other thing. These arent old wood forests. Almost every tree had been"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947306095162114262) 2025-07-21 14:42:06 UTC 73.7K followers, 12.7K engagements


"The Navys been absolutely crushing it at scrapping ships and planes"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948442540094751053) 2025-07-24 17:57:56 UTC 73.7K followers, 3672 engagements


"Of course she wants to save NPR an organization that refused to report on the three Americans who died because of the Gaza pier disaster her husband authorized"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947299885574689238) 2025-07-21 14:17:26 UTC 73.7K followers, 6295 engagements


"Its been XXX days since the election and we still havent ordered any new ships We also still dont have that new shipbuilding office POTUS promised Or a Commandant of the US Merchant Marine Or an under secretary of the Navy"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1940375100387467744) 2025-07-02 11:40:49 UTC 73.7K followers, 13.6K engagements


"Wow you gave @EasternShip Building a whopping $93537 So generous of you 🙄"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947362076877639855) 2025-07-21 18:24:34 UTC 73.7K followers, 5459 engagements


"The biggest hassle for merchant ships with security teams isnt pirates its declaring weapons in port. At what point do ships just start 3D-printing their own weapons once they hit international waters How long before someone open sources a CWIS anti/drone gatling gun"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947247178172240150) 2025-07-21 10:48:00 UTC 73.7K followers, 14.9K engagements


"Let the Seapower tour with my favorite daughter commence"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947986649914187862) 2025-07-23 11:46:23 UTC 73.7K followers, 9702 engagements


"BREAKING NEWS: Massive shipbuilding changes in DC. None of them good. @gCaptain has confirmed from a White House source that Trump has closed the shipbuilding office at the NSC. Reuters reports that Ian Bennitt the Presidents Special Assistant for Shipbuilding at the White House has been fired. Favored candidates for Provost and Superintendent positions at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy have received denial notices. At a recent USNI shipbuilding conference it became clear: major shipbuilding primes are actively fighting plans to expand commercial shipbuilding. Sources inside the Pentagon"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945308143212249566) 2025-07-16 02:22:58 UTC 73.7K followers, 280K engagements


"Youre telling me dudes are actually dropping $XXX to Coldplay simp My concern for the state of single American men grows by the hour"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946396132088611178) 2025-07-19 02:26:14 UTC 73.7K followers, 5995 engagements


"I opened my NYTimes app today. Theyre trying but they cant keep up. News that broke just hours ago is already off the homepage. THIS IS CRUCIAL The entire liberal deep state command and control system is broken. Let me explain 🧵"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1886916890427318673) 2025-02-04 23:16:58 UTC 73.7K followers, 11.7M engagements


"Nonsense. Deep moral shame is underrated. The Navy poisoned kids drinking water the Army injured XX on the Gaza pier XX died at Abbey Gate and our Merchant Marine cant get past the Houthis. Not one GOFO has shown an ounce of shame. Not one. BRING BACK SHAME"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947468789223727113) 2025-07-22 01:28:36 UTC 73.7K followers, 14K engagements


"We sold off our strategic helium reserve too At this point Biden makes the Teapot Dome scandal look like preschool recess"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948288582130524480) 2025-07-24 07:46:10 UTC 73.7K followers, 12.3K engagements


"My stepdad grew up just blocks from one of the Northeasts swankiest yacht clubs sailed as Ted Turners crew at Brown and graduated from NYU Law. But ask him about his college summers Hell talk your ear off about picking tobacco in Georgia not sailing with a future billionaire and Americas Cup legend. Back then it was expected: if you came from privilege you earned your place by getting your hands dirty. Im also good friends with Turners former Americas Cup navigator a Dartmouth and HBS alum who owns ships. He joined the Navy as an ensign spent weekdays chipping paint and would drive to Newport"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945095735508156804) 2025-07-15 12:18:56 UTC 73.7K followers, 92.3K engagements


"A DM I received from the former CEO of one of the largest shipping companies in the world. Thoughts"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946899382785229085) 2025-07-20 11:45:59 UTC 73.7K followers, 3131 engagements


"Ctrl+Alt+Delete the entire system. Reboot society. All of it. Start here 👇"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947320165353312294) 2025-07-21 15:38:01 UTC 73.7K followers, 2532 engagements


"$80B (of $1.2T) gonepoof. And Im supposed to cheer @russvought getting $43B for ships after a $17B Navy cut Im should sing praise for $9M to shipyards Im fiscally conservative but how can we win if Dems launch monetary nukes while we ration black powder with thimbles"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947333628331266408) 2025-07-21 16:31:31 UTC 73.7K followers, 2518 engagements


"False. McKinsey doesnt analyze datathey rationalize bad decisions & hand CEOs a moral permission slip to fire thousands offshore to China and boost exec comp in the name of efficiency You cant gut entire divisions for a quarterly earnings boost & say Grok told me to"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1944698966500577303) 2025-07-14 10:02:19 UTC 73.7K followers, 14.5K engagements


"Once again Im getting harassed for advocating battleships. What they dont realize is Im not advocating for expensive XX gun warships I want 20-inch nuclear-powered battleships Dream big cowards"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1944748071356641766) 2025-07-14 13:17:26 UTC 73.7K followers, 79.6K engagements


"Thats how Ruger Firearms began. William Ruger built firearms in his Brooklyn home then rode the subway to the last stop east to test them. Teddy Roosevelt didnt go that far. As a kid he tested rifles near Union Square. Now Good luck getting a permit to carry a competition .22 locked in your trunk"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945128607011029052) 2025-07-15 14:29:33 UTC 73.7K followers, 4175 engagements


"Forget tanks. @cdrsalamander will Florida let me dock a military Battleship with working cannons"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947310867692900359) 2025-07-21 15:01:04 UTC 73.7K followers, 2524 engagements


"You gotta be shting me. Half my Massachusetts town has no kings signs up its the one thing I thought we could all agree on"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947400152194412950) 2025-07-21 20:55:51 UTC 73.7K followers, 6022 engagements


"Old men used to be great at giving advice. They didnt care if you listened or cried they just dropped hard truths no fluff no agenda. Then the boomers showed up: preachy passive-aggressive full of moralizing and ego. Now nobody listens to old men anymore"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947431383930179736) 2025-07-21 22:59:58 UTC 73.7K followers, 9377 engagements


"Im thrilled @russvought & @JerryHendrixII at OMB secured $43B from BBB for shipbuilding but we do need some perspective: Biden spent more inflation adjusted 💰on rural internet It cost China $90B to rebuild their broken shipbuilding in 2006 money & theyre doubling down today"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946519833262100800) 2025-07-19 10:37:47 UTC 73.7K followers, 23.4K engagements


"Ive been flooded with questions about the most ambitious new shipyard project in America shockingly located near San Francisco. I didnt have answers so the @gCaptain team flew to California. Heres my interview with California Forvers @jansramek & @NextNavy"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948439785388806544) 2025-07-24 17:46:59 UTC 73.7K followers, 12.1K engagements


"And just when we thought the Canadian Navy couldnt possibly get any weaker"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948507995077333269) 2025-07-24 22:18:02 UTC 73.7K followers, 5133 engagements


"He almost captures what it feels like to sail a large ship into a storm under god. Almost. But not quite. I was a devout Catholic before I went to sea. After Not less faithful exactly but profoundly changed. My belief didnt vanish. My perspective shattered. I still attend church most weeks just not every week. I still pray but not with all my might. Before I went to sea I was needy in the way most young people are. I prayed hard for god to fulfill my needs. I needed my dad to beat cancer. I needed help raising my little brother. I needed my mom to rest not work herself into exhaustion. I"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1937236553056813376) 2025-06-23 19:49:21 UTC 73.7K followers, 149.8K engagements


"The entire stock valuation of Huntington Ingalls is just $9B. Elon could buy the whole shipyard and halt construction on the next two carriers unless Trump agrees to rename them USS Kekius Maximus and USS Harry Blz 🤣 Tell me that wouldnt break the internet"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1932253076293128272) 2025-06-10 01:46:47 UTC 73.7K followers, 17.5K engagements


"@grok Thats a solid list thanks. @grok do you have suggestions on who I should add to the list"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1947288887404953751) 2025-07-21 13:33:44 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX engagements


"The problem with Americans base assumption that our USAF can move our Army overseas is planes require an enormous amount of fuel. Ships can move everything efficiently but they are slow. Thats why Im really excited by this. Using ground effect or hydrofoils gives major fuel efficiency to planes. Next stop: this needs to scale BIG The other advantage of ships is one mega containership can carry more cargo than the entire USAF. Much more efficiency than planes should allow us to build these sea gliders much larger"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1932488260875329583) 2025-06-10 17:21:19 UTC 73.7K followers, 30.3K engagements


"True Adventures of an American Ship Captain Episode 321: the CIA and Yakuza have nothing on the GGFV I woke up in a well appointed company apartment just outside a shipyard overseas circa 2009. Bleary-eyed I noticed a black Mercedes idling below with a man smoking a cigarette beside it. He nodded me over. As I approached the back window slid down and a man with a full sleeve of Yakuza tattoos handed me a card. In broken English he said: Call Mamasan. The card had the Playboy bunny logo on one side and a phone number on the other. The window rolled back up. The driver didnt movejust kept"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946229399281647647) 2025-07-18 15:23:42 UTC 73.7K followers, 29K engagements


"Ive flown first class to India taken a private jet to Borneo and a luxury Sikorsky far offshore. None of it cost more money and time preparing than the flight Im about to board. My sons first flight as a licensed pilot with a passenger. I couldnt possibly be more excited"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1946577156181561672) 2025-07-19 14:25:34 UTC 73.7K followers, 60K engagements


"@blythebrum @mercoglianos Sal is the best (but dont tell him I said that)"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1948088680775651430) 2025-07-23 18:31:49 UTC 73.7K followers, XXX engagements


"What weapons and capabilities would you like to see on next-gen U.S. Navy battleships Bigger guns Better armor Nuclear power Drone swarms If were dreaming big lets go all the way"  
![@johnkonrad Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::5900252.png) [@johnkonrad](/creator/x/johnkonrad) on [X](/post/tweet/1945206143237644397) 2025-07-15 19:37:39 UTC 73.7K followers, 29.7K engagements


"Yes Im critical of Trumps shipbuilding failures. But lets be honest he pushed harder and got more done in X months than Biden and Obama combined. You really think Kamala wouldve done better Be serious. Failure isnt always a bad thing. Question is what happens next"  
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"@2112Power @foundersfund @Lux_Capital @MorganStanley @altimeter @1789Capital @a16z @constructcap @137ventures 🎉🎉"  
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"Isnt your King literally titled Defender of the Faith Thats not satire thats his real legal title Mark"  
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"WISKEY TANGO FOXTROT Walking from Parliament to my favorite spot in London the statue of the greatest naval commander in history and what do I see under Lord Nelson A massive sign that reads: CLUELESS. Sure. Tell me thats not deliberate. Ill wait"  
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