The Conservative Treehouse article link
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (the “Act”) (50 U.S.C. 4533), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 303(a)(7)(B) of the Act, that action is necessary to avert shortfalls in critical Department of Defense supply chains that would severely impair national defense capability.
Memorandum link
(7) Waiver authorized The requirements of paragraphs (1) through (6) may be waived—
(A) during a period of national emergency declared by the Congress or the President; or
(B) upon a determination by the President, on a nondelegable basis, that action is necessary to avert an industrial resource or critical technology item shortfall that would severely impair national defense capability.
Defense Production Act pdf link Pages 12-15 of the Act is what we are looking at.
Is this going to be Ukraine related, Taiwan related ("lab leak" distraction), or something else?
Interesting that this coincides with the reports now claiming they may take over a year or longer to deliver the 31 Abrams tanks they promised Ukraine.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/m1-abrams-tanks-biden-promised-ukraine-may-not-sent-year-defense-official
I’m going to say probably related to something else. Because Frankly. Taiwan is essentially a Fortress Island. Only real threat they’d face is Naval. And even then their sitting on enough Anti-Ship Ordinance to sink a fleet already. And if their suddenly hesitant about throwing more equipment at Ukraine then they maybe getting ready to throw them under the bus.