DEFENSE/ECONOMY/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: ” ‘Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States’
The order names national manufacturing as essential to economic strength and national security of the United States, and calls the loss of manufacturing jobs and an industrial base in the country a threat to national security.
In light of this, it demands that the Secretary of Defense and other relevant agencies provide ‘a comprehensive evaluation of the defense industrial base and supply chains’ within 270 days of the executive order. The report will assess the strengths and weaknesses of national manufacturing capabilities, identify the manufacturing goods most essential to national security and recommend pertinent action by the President.”
-Avalon Zoppo, Amanda Proenca Santos, and Jackson Hudgins, “Here’s the Full List of Donald Trump’s Executive Orders,” NBC News, Oct 17, 2017 11:58am