Trump opens door to expanded US Navy partnership with Korean shipbuilders

US President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of purchasing ships built outside of the US while highlighting South Korean companies as potential partners in rebuilding the US Navy.

Speaking Wednesday at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Trump said an expanded partnership with South Korea is critical to revitalizing the US' aging shipbuilding sector.

"We have to build our Navy ...

We've got to get it going.

So, we're goin ...