Trump lambastes defense CEOs over pay, stock buybacks

President Donald Trump wants a 50-percent boost to the Pentagon budget—to $1.5 trillion a year—and a pay cap for defense CEOs to encourage them to produce weapons faster. In a flurry of social media posts Wednesday, the president also said he would bar defense companies from buying back stock and issuing dividends until they invest more to develop new technologies and increase production. Later on Wednesday, the White House released an executive order to that effect.In one of hi