On Wednesday, President Trump will visit Lima, Ohio, to tour the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, one of America’s premier defense facilities and the last tank factory in the Western Hemisphere. The story of the day may be about how the Trump administration saved the Lima plant from a near-death experience under President Barack Obama. The story for the history books, however, is about how the factory perfectly encapsulates President Trump’s maxim “economic security is national security.”The Lima factory, operated by General Dynamics, builds the M-1 Abrams, the Army’s main battle tank. In 2012, the Obama administration sought to close the Lima plant as part of the mandated budget sequestration process. Enter President Trump, with a far different view of the role of a strong military in both defending our homeland and revitalizing our manufacturing base.

Source: New York Times March 20, 2019 00:11 UTC