1 of 3 | President Donald Trump, left, greets Finnish President Alexander Stubb outside the West Wing at the White House on Thursday. Photo by Samuel Corum/UPI | License Photo
Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Finnish President Alexander Stubb visited the White House on Thursday to sign a deal to sell four icebreakers to the United States and build seven more at U.S. shipyards.
President Donald Trump and Stubb announced the deal at the White House ahead of them signing the deal for the vessels that are designed to create paths through icefloes to support commercial and military vessels, The Hill reported.
"We negotiated a pretty tough price," Trump told media. "We need these ships very badly because we have a lot of territory."
The deal will cost $6.1 billion and would greatly expand the Coast Guard's current fleet of three icebreakers, while enhancing the nation's national security and creating thousands of jobs, according to Fox Business.
