CARLISLE — President Donald Trump — as fighting resumes in Iran and his administration’s request for $1.5 trillion in defense funding stalls in Washington — used a Wednesday appearance at a defense industry summit in Central Pennsylvania to mostly boast about his perceived foreign and domestic achievements, from the oil business in Venezuela to the National Guard’s security work during Mardi Gras.

In a 45-minute speech that was set up as a roundtable conversation, Trump occasionally applauded the latest investments in Pennsylvania’s defense manufacturing and research, which was the focus of the two-day Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit organized by U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa.

He also acknowledged the setbacks in Iran and the widely recognized need for the country to more quickly build items like submarines and munitions.

But in his second stop in three weeks in Pennsylvania — and specifically in a Republican-held U.S. House district that is critical to his party keeping control during midterm elections — Trump also weaved through a wide range of topics.

That included the thought that Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro will defeat his preferred candidate in this year’s Pennsylvania governor’s race, Republican Stacy Garrity.

“This guy Shapiro is totally overrated. I watched him the other night doing a speech, and he does not have what it takes,” Trump said in Carlisle. “Maybe he’ll win, and he’s expected to win, but I hear things about Stacy, and I’m hearing some poll numbers that are very good. But Shapiro is, he doesn’t have what it takes.”

Shapiro also appeared at the conference at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle earlier in the day. In a panel conversation, he did not criticize Trump by name as he fully endorsed the summit’s goal of supercharging the defense industry and placing Pennsylvania at the center of the expansion.

McCormick, a U.S. Army veteran and former hedge fund CEO, organized the 1,300-person gathering to bring defense contractors and other companies together with government officials, military leaders and research institutions.

Like a similar energy and technology-focused event last year, McCormick used the event to highlight what he described as about $10 billion worth of investments in the state.