Continuing Zumwalt and building CG(X)

What if the United States kept building Zumwalt-class destroyers with conventional ammunition and completed CG(X) to replace the Ticonderogas?

More Zumwalts would become cheaper and provide useful large hulls for later adaptation, while CG(X) would restore a strike-cruiser-scale capability welcomed by the US Navy.

The Zumwalt design could provide a strong basis once exotic ammunition is removed and serial construction spreads development cost. Building CG(X) alongside it would preserve a high-end cruiser tier rather than asking destroyers alone to absorb every mission.