Trump: Military Buyers Should Never Work for Defense Contractors

[Origanalist]

Policy Could Dramatically Reshape Defense Industry

by Jason Ditz, December 09, 2016

Speaking today at a rally in Louisiana, President-elect Donald Trump said he is considering imposing a lifetime ban on all military officials involved in procurement from ever going to work for defense contractors, saying the idea is the 4result of growing cost overruns in contractor orders.

Trump said he has not yet made a decision on the idea, and needs to check out all the possible ramifications, saying that the cost of government purchases from private companies has gotten out of hand in general, and not only in the military.

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[BV2]

Will the trump m4 have trump spelled in gaudy letters

[oyarde]

If Trump had any balls he would freeze the entire procurement budget

[juleswin]

Isn't General James Mattis on the board of General dynamics? Don't think he would forget his MIC employer when he starts serving as defense secretary.

[nikcers]

Policy Could Dramatically Reshape Defense Industry
Trump said he has not yet made a decision on the idea, and needs to check out all the possible ramifications, saying that the cost of government purchases from private companies has gotten out of hand in general, and not only in the military.

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Trump is just gas lighting-

[enhanced_deficit]

Trump is so cheap.

He also was quite stingy compared to SWC Hillary campiagn.