President Donald J. Trump  said that the changes he’s made since his inauguration in January have increased recruiting within the U.S. war in ways that haven’t been seen in times during his first address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025.  ,
The leader ratified an executive order removing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives from every branch of the federal government on his first time in business. Less than a week later, just sworn-in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote a letter to the pressure that echoed the president’s words, promising to rebuild the U.S. military with an emphasis on lethality, meritocracy, accountability, standards, and readiness.  ,
Trump said,” Our service members won’t be activists and demagogues.” They may engage in combat and combat. They may struggle for our nation,” he said.
According to the president, the professional order’s impact has been reflected in the military, shifting the focus away from significance and resurging service.  ,
” I’m pleased to report that the U.S. Army had its solitary best recruiting fortnight in 15 years,” Trump said, adding that all military companies are reporting among the best recruiting benefits ever in the history of our service. What a remarkable return, indeed. People really do appreciate our country once more, they love our country, and they love serving in our defense once more.
The president added that the United States will work on an” Golden Dome” defense system, which is intended to shield against inbound missile strikes, similar to Israel’s” Iron Dome” defense system.  ,
Trump said,” My focus is on creating the most powerful army of the future.” I’m asking Congress to asset a cutting-edge” Golden Dome” missile defence shield to defend our country, which is made entirely in the USA.
The president claimed that Ronald Reagan had a desire to create a similar program during his presidency, but the technology was insufficient to carry that idea to life. He claimed that tech does exist today, though.  ,
He claimed that the United States does include it as well as Israel and other countries. This is a pretty risky earth, they say. It ought to be available to us. We want protection. And we’ll go as far as to defend our individuals.”
Trump also promised to expand National shipping to help both the U.S. army and the global economy. The president promised fresh efforts to boost British shipbuilding efforts despite the country’s current state of manufacturing.  ,
Trump stated that” we are also going to revive the American manufacturing sector, including commercial shipping and military shipbuilding.” ” I’m announcing now that we will open a new Office of Shipbuilding here in the White House and provide specific tax incentives to take this sector back home where it belongs.”
The president claimed that the nation’s once-excellent local manufacturing industry has largely vanished. He promised that things would change.  ,
” We used to build a lot of boats. We don’t produce them any more, he said, “very much.” However,” We’re going to make them pretty quickly, very shortly.”
The president added that he intended to increase domestic production of rare earth elements, which are essential to American security.  ,
He said,” I will also get historic actions to dramatically increase production of essential minerals and rare earths here in the USA,” he said later this week.  ,
Rare world continuous magnetism, for example, are a key component of commercial uses in the United States as well as essential components for a range of security capabilities, including the F-35 Lightning II aircraft, Virginia and Columbia group submarines, and unmanned aerial vehicles. They also serve as a source of energy for radar systems and for aircraft’s digital systems, and they concentrate microwave energy.  ,
Trump added that the mastermind behind the terrorist attack at Abbey Gate during Afghanistan’s removal in August 2021 has been apprehended. During that assault, about 13 American service members died.  ,
Trump stated,” I am pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the top criminal responsible for that crime, and he is currently on his way around to experience the sharp sword of American justice.”