Washington DC, Jan. 8 -- United States President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to US defence contractors and announced steps to restrict large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, highlighting major policy directions through a social media post.

In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump cautioned all US defence contractors and the defence industry as a whole against what he described as excessive dividends, massive stock buybacks, and exorbitant executive compensation.

He said these practices were being carried out at the expense of investment in new plants, modern equipment, and faster production of critical military hardware.

Trump said that US defence companies are failing to deliver equipment rapidly...