U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a House Republican retreat astatine The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts connected January 06, 2026 successful Washington, DC. House Republicans volition sermon their 2026 legislative docket astatine the meeting.
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President Donald Trump connected Wednesday said helium "will not permit" defence companies to contented dividends oregon banal buybacks until those firms code his complaints astir the industry.
Trump, successful a lengthy Truth Social post, besides took purpose astatine defence contractors' enforcement wage packages, calling them "exorbitant and unjustifiable fixed however dilatory these Companies are delivering captious Equipment to our Military, and our Allies."
Shares of General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman each fell astir 2% pursuing Trump's comments.
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