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America First Arms Transfer Strategy Looks To Larger FMS

Frank Wolfe

Friday, February 6th, 2026

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America First Arms Transfer Strategy Looks To Larger FMS

Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

In an ironic acknowledgment that an "America First" military depends on other nations, President Donald Trump on Feb. 6 signed his "America First Arms Transfer Strategy." "As the first strategy of its kind, it will ensure that future arms sales prioritize American interests by using foreign purchases and capital to build American production and capacity," according to the executive order. "This strategy will advance a technologically superior, ready, and resilient national security industrial enterprise. It will strengthen the United States…

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