Trump threatens defense contractors with restrictions while promising sharp increase in spending [CNN]
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The pair of social media posts suggest that the Trump administration is aiming to squeeze the large defense contractors, or primes in industry parlance, while increasing defense spending to upwards of $1.5 trillion. “While we make the best Military Equipment in the World (No other Country is even close!), Defense Contractors are currently issuing massive Dividends to their Shareholders and massive Stock Buybacks, at the expense and detriment of investing in Plants and Equipment,” Trump said in a post . “This situation will no longer be allowed or tolerated!” Trump said no executive should “be allowed to make in excess of $5 Million Dollars.” The news reverberated through Wall Street immediately as stock for the five major defense firms — Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and Northrup Grumman — all began dropping. But shortly before the markets closed, Trump followed the message about contractor restrictions with another saying that he has decided to increas
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