The war secretary’s remarks – part of his “Arsenal of Freedom” tour – come the week after Trump paired his request for a record $1.5 trillion in military spending with stinging criticism of defense contractors over CEO pay, stock dividends and purportedly being slow to fill orders.
Hegseth tells defense contractors to ‘step up,’ warns Trump’s $1.5 trillion war budget is ‘a message to the world’
Politics
January 12, 2026
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