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Donald Trump: “Our military is building like we've never built before.”

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Published October 6, 2026

We'll be going to a very special place. We're opening a big shipyard today. We're opening really a lot of shipyards over the next year. Our military is building like we've never built before. We have 17 different factories being built and munitions factories, and we're doing very well. Iran is doing very poorly. Their economy is gone. They have inflation of almost 300%. (00:23–00:26)

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Asserts unprecedented levels of military construction.

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“Iran is doing very poorly. Their economy is gone. They have inflation of almost 300%.”
Asserts that Iran's economy is failing with nearly 300% inflation.00:33-00:40
“We're opening really a lot of shipyards over the next year.”
Asserts that multiple shipyards will be opened in the next year.00:18-00:23
“We have 17 different factories being built and munitions factories.”
Asserts the construction of 17 factories, including munitions factories.00:25-00:32
“Their oil minister just quit. He said, we have no economy, we have no oil, we have nothing.”
Asserts that Iran's oil minister resigned, citing economic collapse.00:40-00:47
“Millions of barrels of oil has been delivered just over the last couple of days.”
Asserts recent delivery of millions of barrels of oil.00:51-00:56
“We're getting it through at levels that we're now even and sometimes exceeding prior to the war.”
Asserts oil delivery levels are matching or exceeding pre-war levels.00:55-01:02
“We're doing so well economically. We have numbers, the likes of which are. Our country has never had anything like we have.”
Asserts unprecedented economic performance in the U.S.04:52-05:00
“Right now we're building hundreds of factories and plants all over.”
Asserts the construction of hundreds of factories and plants.04:59-05:03