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Trump Threatens Cut in Raytheon's Government Contracts over Stock ...

Trump threatened to ban Raytheon’s stock buybacks and Pentagon contracts until it increases investment in production facilities, causing defense stocks to drop up to 5.5%, officials said.

The president said companies should be speeding up weapons production and investing in their facilities rather than paying dividends or rewarding executives.

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Donald Trump has warned Raytheon that he could lose future contracts with the U.S. government unless he stops repurchase of shares, stepping up his campaign of pressure on defense companies to give priority to armament production over shareholder profits. In a post posted Wednesday on his Truth Social platform, the U.S. president accused Raytheon of being the slowest contractor to respond to Pentagon demands, claiming that the War Department had…

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Reuters broke the news in United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.
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