” every penny of the defense budget should be spent in America, no exceptions”
Bad advice and extremely impractical. Some items are not available in the US. Further, we shouldn’t be buying poor, expensive products in the US if better products are available elsewhere. As an example, start with rare earth elements. Not available everywhere and necessary for the military. Unfortunately, China controls the majority of the market.
RE: start with rare earth elements
We have a company named MOLYCORP ( Symbol:MCP ), that is is a rare earth oxide (REO) producer in the Western hemisphere and own most fully developed rare earth project outside of China.
The main hurdle they have at home are environmental restrictions.