Text taken from the Telegram channel of zapiskiamerikanista
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Trump - President of the Defense Industry. I recently came across an interesting column in Bloomberg. It emphasizes that Trump has changed the "investment culture" in the defense industry.
The gist of these changes is this: supposedly, investors used to be reluctant to buy shares in companies producing weapons or otherwise related to the military. But now, not only are arms manufacturers' stock prices soaring, but owning a stake in many of them comes with an additional premium. According to the author, Trump has proven more profitable for the defense industry than even George W. Bush (pictures 1-2).
The aerospace industry is doing particularly well. Two main reasons are cited. The first is Trump's policy of encouraging allies to increase defense spending, as well as domestic military spending in the United States itself. The second reason is cultural. The fight against "warism" has made the military-industrial complex a less toxic area for investors. Gunmakers are one of the most influential interest groups in the US. They give money to both parties.
But recently, less so to the Democrats. Some of them simply cannot take money from the military-industrial complex, as it would anger part of their electorate. This is especially true for Democrats who are elected to the House of Representatives. And yet, the difference between the parties is not very significant.
You can compare this with the activity of American gas and oil producers. They clearly favor—due to objective reasons—almost exclusively the Republican Party. This is the financial lobbying aspect of the "peace through strength" approach.
(c) Roman Romanov
Trump campaign sponsors are simply cashing their bills.