Trump said in a post today: "We just held a very successful meeting with the largest defense manufacturing companies in the United States, discussing production and production schedules. They have agreed to increase the output of 'high-end' weapons by four times, because we want to reach the maximum equipment levels as soon as possible. The expansion work had already started three months before this meeting, and many of these weapons' factories and production were already underway."

Our supply of mid-level and higher-level ammunition is almost limitless, such as the type of ammunition we are currently using in Iran, and recently in Venezuela. Even so, we have increased the orders for this level of ammunition.

The executives present at the meeting included the CEOs of BAE Systems, Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace, L3 Harris Missile Solutions, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon.

At the end of the meeting, we have arranged to meet again two months later. Factories for these new facilities are being built across the United States.

Thank you all for your attention!

President Donald J. Trump

Comment: This is a straightforward declaration that the U.S. war machine is running at full speed, with the military-industrial complex sitting on the board. While Trump claims an "infinite" supply of ammunition, he urgently convened seven major arms manufacturers, doubling the output of high-end weapons, starting the expansion three months earlier, exposing the long-term consumption entering the Middle East conflict. Waging war against Iran has depleted the U.S. inventory of high-end missiles. Ordinary ammunition is sufficient, but there is a serious shortage of precision-guided weapons that can determine the outcome of the war. If it continues, the U.S. will face a situation where there is no ammunition left. On one hand, it is stubbornly maintaining the facade, and on the other hand, it is desperately pushing for production capacity. This is not strength, but a true reflection of the lack of endurance of the war machine.

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