{"id":52870,"date":"2026-07-15T18:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/52870\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T18:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:08:17","slug":"trump-addressing-defense-summit-at-us-army-war-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/52870\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump addressing defense summit at US Army War College"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump<\/a> is headlining a defense summit at the U.S. Army War College on Wednesday, planning to tout major investments in battlefield technology when the war in Iran<\/a> has reduced the U.S. supply<\/a> of Tomahawk cruise missiles and Patriot and THAAD interceptors. <\/p>\n

The gathering in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is organized by Republican Sen. David McCormick<\/a>. It has also featured Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth; Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Army Secretary Dan Driscoll; CIA Director John Ratcliffe; and Mike Waltz, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.<\/p>\n

Trump has been a frequent visitor to the critical swing state of Pennsylvania, including last month, when he went to a Mack Trucks facility<\/a> in Macungie, outside Allentown, hoping to boost Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie\u2019s reelection chances. <\/p>\n

Trump carried Pennsylvania in 2016 and 2024, and McCormick is not up for reelection this cycle, but Republicans are increasingly concerned about the war and the persistently high cost of living<\/a> as well as the president\u2019s low approval ratings<\/a> as they look to maintain control of Congress during November\u2019s midterm elections<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The White House said the summit is bringing together key leaders in defense and some of the largest global investors to spotlight the importance of national security and identify investment opportunities. <\/p>\n

Summit attendees include JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, Blackstone President Jon Gray, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet, General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, SpaceX director Antonio Gracias and artificial intelligence firm Palantir chief technology officer of analytics Shyam Sankar, McCormick\u2019s office said. <\/p>\n

Trump spoke at a similar gathering organized by McCormick<\/a> last year in Pittsburgh that sought to make the city a hot spot for advancement in energy technology and robotics. Then, the senator announced $90 billion in pledged investments in those sectors across Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n

This year\u2019s summit began on Tuesday. Before Trump\u2019s arrival, multi-analytics threat detection leader ZeroEyes, which is based in Conshohocken, outside Philadelphia, announced a planned $10 million investment in artificial intelligence and machine learning research and development. <\/p>\n

Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics says it plans to open a new 10,000-square-foot (930-square-meter) manufacturing facility designed to boost integration of robotics into defense manufacturing processes and better expand the nation\u2019s defense industrial base. <\/p>\n

An analysis<\/a> released in May found that U.S. military contractors will need at least three years to replenish stockpiles of Tomahawks<\/a>, which are used to strike targets deep inside enemy territory, as well as Patriot<\/a> and THAAD interceptors<\/a>, which defend against incoming missiles and drones.<\/p>\n

Stocks have dwindled as the U.S. has repeatedly fired strikes on Iran, adding to concerns<\/a> that American forces would have limited firepower in any potential future conflict with China<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned during Trump\u2019s recent visit to Beijing that if Washington mishandles its relations with Taiwan<\/a>, the U.S. and China could end up clashing<\/a> or even find themselves in open conflict.<\/p>\n

Trump also recently pledged to give Ukraine a license<\/a> to produce Patriot air-defense systems<\/a>, which could be a major development in its war with Russia, though turning the idea into real weapons is also likely to take years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump has sought to correct the shortfall by seeking a historic $1.5 trillion defense budget proposal<\/a> for 2027. But a package authorizing such spending levels is stalled in Congress, and, even if it eventually moves forward, loads of additional time will still be required to expand production capabilities to accommodate such weapons systems.<\/p>\n

Jake Loosararian, co-founder and CEO of Gecko Robotics, said U.S. defense companies have \u201cgot to supercharge supply chains\u201d to reduce how long it takes for new technology to be ready for widespread production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump is headlining a defense summit at the U.S. Army War College on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[19123,113,17794,28765,38,132,50,8,454,19,103,96,28768,580,28766,5549,28767,581,17163,131,28770,98,9,2592,1457,95,28772,67,28771,28769,15030,199,14350,7,2625,54,226,69,106,2196],"class_list":["post-52870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-antonio-gracias","tag-dan-caine","tag-dan-driscoll","tag-david-mccormick","tag-donald-trump","tag-general-dynamics-corp","tag-general-news","tag-headlines","tag-information-technology","tag-iran","tag-iran-government","tag-iran-war","tag-jake-loosararian","tag-jamie-dimon","tag-jim-taiclet","tag-john-ratcliffe","tag-jon-gray","tag-jpmorgan-chase-co","tag-kelly-ortberg","tag-lockheed-martin-corp","tag-mike-waltz","tag-military-and-defense","tag-news","tag-pa-state-wire","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-phebe-novakovic","tag-politics","tag-ryan-mackenzie","tag-shyam-sankar","tag-space-exploration-technologies-corp","tag-technology","tag-the-boeing-co","tag-top-stories","tag-u-s-army","tag-u-s-news","tag-war-and-unrest","tag-washington-news","tag-world-news","tag-xi-jinping"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}