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President claims in late-night social media post that US munitions stockpiles ‘have never been higher’; DHS secretary answers questions from lawmakers

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In a late night post on Truth Social, Donald Trump said that the US munitions stockpiles “at the medium and upper medium grade” have “never been higher or better”.

He added that the US has a “virtually unlimited supply of these weapons”, meaning that “wars can be fought ‘forever’”.