# Thu Episode #2293:  — The Military Industrial Complex Now Runs Every Part of America

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Podcast: [The David Knight Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show-1060966)
Published: 2026-06-25T17:01:38+00:00
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──────────────────────────────────────── [00:02:09] Trump Commandeers Ford and GM to Make Missiles — Same Defense Production Act Used for Ventilators Amid depleted stockpiles, Trump issued an emergency order pulling automakers into weapons production; Knight: at least missiles are understood to be for killing. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:09:14] Hegseth Says Under-Investment Is America's Greatest Threat — Knight: The Pentagon Budget Is the Threat Hegseth demands Congress pass a 1.5 trillion dollar defense budget; Knight: the military-industrial complex pushing wars for profit is the real danger. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:14:48] Factory Layoffs Hit Pandemic Levels — Trump's Tariffs Destroyed the Manufacturing He Promised to Save Employment fell for the second straight month; raw material and energy costs are the driver; Knight: we never recovered from what Trump did in 2020. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:18:06] Trump Signs Quantum Computing Orders — Family Positioned to Profit Through 1789 Capital Two orders direct agencies to build a quantum computer by 2028 and crack current encryption; Trump Jr.'s firm is already invested in nine of the targeted quantum companies. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:25:09] Musk Compares SpaceX to Union Pacific — The Original Was a Corrupt Government Monopoly That Bribed Congress Union Pacific pocketed $1.2B before the 1872 scandal; Stanford historian called it a mess of self-dealing; Knight: that is the Trump regime in total. ──────────────────────────────────────── [00:56:33] NSA's Stellar Wind Was Illegal From Day One — Section 702 Was Passed to Retroactively Legalize It Hayden committed a felony on September 12, 2001; the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 was Congress's effort t…

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