Last week, the Pentagon met with American manufacturers to request that they produce munitions as part of a proposed $1.5 trillion U.S. defense budget aimed at resupplying Israel and Ukraine. This reportedly included the Trump administration holding meetings with General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Ford CEO Jim Farley.While it’s not uncommon for automakers to devote a portion of their Research and Development (R&D) budget to things that might eventually be of use to the military or law enforcement, it’s pretty rare for the federal government to request large swaths of an industry to pivot toward building weapons. The last time we saw this happen was arguably during World War II, when North American automakers effectively stopped building cars so they could assemble planes, tanks, weapons, ammunition, and other supplies in service of the broader war effort.This is re …
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Author: Matt Posky
