General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley were both approached — separately — by senior defense officials in the Trump administration who are seeking the automakers' help to increase the nation's supply of military equipment.

The Pentagon wants to use the automakers' workforce and factory capacity to help it produce more weapons and other equipment as the war in Ukraine has depleted inventory, and now the war on Iran is also taking a toll.

Ford, GM Could Be About to Make Weapons for the First Time Since WW2

Sounds like we're in bad shape militarily. What's going on in Washington? Why does Congress ignore this disaster?