President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Friday directing the establishment of an America First Arms Transfer Strategy, focusing on the use of arms sales to advance U.S. foreign policy objectives and increase domestic production capacity.
The order creates a framework to further American interests, using foreign purchases to bolster production and develop a resilient national security manufacturing base to support the military and allies, who are expected to be more responsible for their own national defense, as in the case of NATO.
“American-manufactured military equipment is the best in the world, resulting in American dominance across international defense exports,” the directive states. “It is critical that the United States fully use this comparative advantage in arms transfers as both a tool of foreign policy and a tool to expand domestic production and transfer.”…
Trump Orders Creation of America First Arms Transfer Strategy
