IMPERIAL FACT SHEET OF TRUMPIUS CAESAR MAXIMUS

On the Restoration of Warfighting Supremacy and the Taming of the Dividend Dragons

Imperial Chancery of the White Marble Palace
January VII, MMXXVI – Year of the Unchallenged Empire

WARFIGHTERS FIRST — NOT WALL STREET WIZARDRY

Today, Trumpius Caesar Maximus, Supreme Commander of the Legions and Guardian of American Lethality, issued an Imperial Decree designed to end the age of defense contractors loving stock buybacks more than tanks, missiles, and things that actually arrive on time.

For too long, certain industrial nobles of the defense realm have worshiped quarterly earnings calls while factories gathered dust and delivery schedules slipped into legend. That era is over.

Key Provisions of the Decree:

• The Magister Bellorum Supremus (formerly known as the Secretary of Defense) is ordered to identify defense contractors who:
  – underperform,
  – refuse to invest their own treasure into production capacity,
  – treat U.S. government contracts as optional side quests,
  – or move at the speed of parchment while showering shareholders with gold.
• Identified firms may submit a Plan of Redemption.
  If the Magister finds the plan weak, unserious, or suspiciously PowerPoint-based, he is authorized to act immediately — including contract amendments, invocation of the Lex Produccio Maxima (Defense Production Act), or other imperial enforcement mechanisms.
• Future contracts shall ban stock buybacks and excessive corporate distributions during periods of delay, non-compliance, sluggish output, or general industrial embarrassment.
• Executive base salaries may be frozen at current levels (inflation allowances permitted, mercy is not cruelty), while executive bonuses will be placed under intense imperial scrutiny.
• Incentive compensation shall be tied only to real accomplishments:
  – on-time delivery,
  – increased production,
  – and meaningful operational improvements —
  not vibes, not projections, not short-term financial magic tricks.
• The Empire may halt advocacy or deny new foreign military and commercial sales support to contractors who embarrass the banner abroad.
• The Praefectus of Market Virtue (Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission) is instructed to reconsider whether “safe harbor” protections should apply to firms that can’t build weapons fast enough but can buy back stock instantly.

ACCOUNTABILITY OVER SHAREHOLDER SORCERY

Trumpius Caesar Maximus makes one thing clear:
For years, investor returns were placed above the needs of the warfighter.

• Billions were spent on stock buybacks while weapons programs drifted behind schedule.
• New, shinier contracts were chased while existing obligations were neglected.
• Production capacity was sacrificed, innovation postponed, and delivery dates treated as polite suggestions.

The result?
Reduced readiness. Delayed capabilities. And American warfighters left waiting.

Yes, the Empire builds the best weapons in the world —
but not enough of them, and not fast enough.

In dangerous times, excellence is not optional.
It is mandatory.

Profit is permitted.
Failure to support the legions is not.

PUTTING IMPERIAL SECURITY ABOVE ALL

Trumpius Caesar has always demanded accountability across the entire defense enterprise:

• Wasteful spending has been purged so every defense dollar fuels lethality and readiness.
• Defense acquisitions have been modernized and stripped of bureaucratic sludge.
• Medical standards were updated to prioritize readiness and combat effectiveness.
• Foreign defense sales were accelerated while increasing accountability.
• The historic title “Department of War” was restored as a secondary designation — a reminder that peace is preserved through overwhelming strength.
• GI Bill education benefits were restored to Veterans previously discharged for refusing the COVID vaccine.

Final Word of the Imperator:
Peace is not secured by dividends.
It is secured by strength, speed, and steel.