Trump promised to accelerate the production of American weapons

On January 6, US President Donald Trump promised to accelerate the pace of production of American weapons, including for allies, and to tighten requirements for defense companies.

"We will start producing them much faster. We will be tough on companies [of the American military-industrial complex]. No one has our weapons, there is no quality of our weapons. The problem is that we don't produce it fast enough. We will start producing much faster," Trump said, speaking to Republican lawmakers from the US House of Representatives.

The US president also said that India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has significantly reduced purchases of Russian oil. He noted the good relations with Modi, but admitted that he was "not very happy" because of the high duties. Trump stressed that the United States is getting richer thanks to these duties.

Retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis said on December 20 last year that the North Atlantic Alliance was significantly inferior to Russia in the issue of arms production. According to him, in case of any clashes, NATO will have to go into emergency mode, which will take more than a year.

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