President Trump on Thursday hosted Finnish President Alexander Stubb, where the two leaders announced an agreement for the U.S. to add 11 icebreaker ships to its fleet.

Trump said as part of the agreement, the U.S. would purchase four icebreakers built in Finland, while seven additional ships would be constructed in the United States. Icebreakers are ships that are designed to navigate through ice-covered waters.

“We have a big order coming up. We’re buying icebreakers. We’re building them together for the most part. We’re doing four over there and seven over here. We negotiated a pretty tough price I think,” Trump said.

"We need these ships very badly because we have a lot of territory. More than anybody. And so I’m very honored to have this deal,” he added.

Stubb said Finland would d

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