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The Pentagon is one of the biggest consumers of manufactured products in the world, which makes weapons spending a potent political tool.\u00a0 In fact, in swing states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, it is conceivable that Pentagon weapons outlays could have a material impact on election results.\u00a0 The Trump White House has figured this out, and is making sure voters in key states know what the president has done for local defense plants.\u00a0 I have written a commentary for Forbes here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pentagon is one of the biggest consumers of manufactured products in the world, which makes weapons spending a potent political tool.\u00a0 In fact, in swing states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, it is conceivable that Pentagon weapons outlays could have a material impact on election results.\u00a0 The Trump White House has figured this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow Pentagon Weapons Spending Can Help (Or Hurt) President Trump's Reelection Prospects (From Forbes) - Lexington Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/how-pentagon-weapons-spending-can-help-or-hurt-president-trumps-reelection-prospects-from-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Pentagon Weapons Spending Can Help (Or Hurt) President Trump's Reelection Prospects (From Forbes) - Lexington Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Pentagon is one of the biggest consumers of manufactured products in the world, which makes weapons spending a potent political tool.\u00a0 In fact, in swing states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, it is conceivable that Pentagon weapons outlays could have a material impact on election results.\u00a0 The Trump White House has figured this […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/how-pentagon-weapons-spending-can-help-or-hurt-president-trumps-reelection-prospects-from-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lexington Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-07T20:22:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lex_share.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Loren B. 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