Trump mentioned General Dynamics by name at the defense summit, saying that the United States needs to speed up the construction of submarines.

President Trump urged defense contractors to speed up production and specifically mentioned General Dynamics while attending a summit aimed at strengthening the U.S. defense industrial base. Trump delivered a speech at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit on Wednesday. The summit attracted top executives from several major U.S. companies, including Jamie Dimon from JPMorgan Chase and Kelly Ortberg from Boeing. In his sometimes scattered and wide-ranging speech, Trump expressed dissatisfaction with some companies, accusing them of delivering weapons systems and ammunition too slowly. "I really don't want to mention this name now because they are a little bit slower than we would like, but that's okay," Trump said regarding General Dynamics. He mentioned the company's $25 billion investment plan related to submarine construction. "They make the best submarines in the world," he continued, "we just need to make them faster. The only problem is we need submarines. But their products are really great."