CARLISLE, Pa. – President Donald Trump is in Pennsylvania again Wednesday, his second trip to the Keystone State in less than a month.
He stopped at the U.S. Army War College near Carlisle, about 30 miles outside Harrisburg.
Trump took part in the inaugural Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, wrapping this two-day event up.
The President took part in a roundtable surrounded by executives, like JP Morgan Chase, CEO Jamie Dimon, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
President Trump and Senator Dave McCormick announced $10 billion in defense, creating 4,000 jobs in Pennsylvania, including several companies in our area– Mack Defense being one of them.
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Ship building is among what the President says funding will help out with.
His visit here comes as fighting continues in the Middle East.
He said at Wednesday’s roundtable that “Iran will be defeated soon.”
The President also touching on the death of fallen State Trooper Michael Pahira, saying the driver who investigators say is an illegal immigrant should’ve never been here.
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Trump’s speech Wednesday comes ahead of his address to the nation Thursday night. The address is expected to focus on elections.