Exporting military equipment. Donald Trump signed the order

— We are incapable to deliver weapon systems in a reliable and effective way to our key allies. The main reason for this is the inefficiency and incoherence of the process in which we approve abroad sales of military equipment,” explained White home Assistant Will Scharf.

During the signing ceremony at the Oval Office, he added that The order obliges the Department of Defense, the State Department and another government agencies to change the arms sales strategy abroad. This will let more efficient transportation of equipment, which will make jobs in the US and supply income to US arms manufacturers.

Reuters reported that the decree would increase the sales of large American arms companies like Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Boeing. Currently, the Arms Export Control Act gives US legislature the right to analyse arms contracts depending on how close the country is and how large the sale is planned.

"The State of exceptional" of 2019. legislature members were outraged

Reuters recalls that during his first word in the White home Trump expressed discontent over Congress' stance delaying arms sales to another countries. any legislators have justified this, among others, by the request to defend human rights.

In 2019. Trump has caused discontent to many members of Congress, including any Republicans, by announcing a "exceptional state" due to tensions in relations with Iran. This allowed Saudi Arabia, the United arabian Emirates, and Jordan — countries accused of human rights violations — to be sent over $8 billion in arms.

Also on Wednesday, Trump signed a regulation initiating an overall analysis of public procurement programmes at the Pentagon. “With this implementing regulation, we will modernise the structure of public procurement that the Department of Defence uses. This will enable us to adapt more rapidly to changing circumstances around the world, says Scharf.