President Donald Trump wants to realize Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars antimisile defense program since the 1980s. And insists that the new technology can finally make it come true.
Trump gave a Hadd discourse To Congress on Tuesday night that included the types of dishonest nonsense for which the fascist president has been known for a long time. But as the most powerful person in the country, Trump has the power to make things happen. And he wants to create an antimile defense system for the United States called “Golden Dome for America”, previously known as “Iron Dome for America.”
“As commander in chief, my approach is to build the most powerful army in the future. As a first step, I am asking the Congress to finance a coat of defense of the state -of -the -art goldmade missiles to protect our homeland, all done in the United States “,” Trump ” saying.
Trump invoked the name of Ronald Reagan, clearly one of Trump’s favorite presidents, especially because the current president seems perpetually caught in a mentality of the eighties.
“Ronald Reagan wanted to do it a long time ago, but technology was simply not there, not even close,” Trump continued. “But now we have technology. It is incredible, actually. And other places that have it, Israel has it. Other places have it. And the United States should also have it. “
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Trump began his search for Reagan Star Wars in January 27 When he issued an executive order that requested the creation of a “next generation antimile defense shield.”
“President Ronald Reagan struggled to build an effective defense against nuclear attacks, and although this program resulted in many technological advances, it was canceled before its objective could be carried out,” said the executive order.
Initially, Trump program was supposed to be called Iron Dome for America, copying the name of Israel’s terrestrial system, but that name is Registered trademark For an Israeli company, so it makes sense that the president obsessed with gold would choose a new name with a golden issue.
Reagan Star Wars, officially known as the Strategic Defense Initiative, was announced in 1983 as a space based Missile interceptor program and never took off correctly. At that time, the detractors compared the system with something like trying to shoot a bullet with another bullet. Technology was simply not advanced enough, and required the militarization of space, something that was previously prohibited by international treaties. The January Trump Executive Order specifically calls the anti-ballistic missile treaty, from which the United States retired in 2002.
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The general idea is to protect the United States from missiles, although it is no longer clear who would shoot Americans, our old allies or our new ones. And the problem that Trump now faces is making an antimile defense shield that covers the entire United States. The Israel iron dome system obviously protects a much smaller area of the short -range rockets. Does Trump expect attacks with rockets from Canada or Mexico soon? Such a question would have been absurd in any other era.
And unfortunately for Trump, it is not clear if technology is really there for such vast terrestrial mass. The executive order does not expose details on how the golden dome would be built. Theoretically, if agencies such as the missile defense agency and the US space strength, (which already has systems to track missiles) and any number of private contractors, could create a system. But Trump continues to insist that he is trying to reduce government spending.
Which leads you to the problem that Congress will finance projects like this. And although Trump said he wants Congress to find the money for this project, it is not clear why the Chamber and the Senate would agree with such a large and so large expense. Trump has asked the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to find about $ 50 billion In cuts that can be reassigned for projects such as Golden Dome, but that is not how it is supposed to work. The illegality will not stop Trump, obviously. Trump’s White House has already been ignoring the direct orders of the Court and the courts are helpless to do something about it. So, if Trump cannot make Congress financially, he clearly has other options, even if they are not entirely legal.
Will Trump achieve a new bright missile defense shield? Who knows? But the challenges are obviously much larger than just expanding the iron dome of Israel and is not entirely clear why the United States would need such a system. Everything seems to happen in the air at this time, including who could be considered the “allies” of the United States. Trump has slapped tariffs on Canada and Mexico, while threatened to hit Europe below. All reports that the Trump regime plans to eliminate sanctions against Russia while imposing much smaller tariffs on China.
It is a new world for Americans and it is not known what could bring tomorrow, much less next year. The United States could have a new antimile defense system completely financed by the programs cut by Secretary Hegseth. And the United States could literally go to war with allies such as Canada, Mexico, Greenland and Panama. It is not known at this time. And Americans must be prepared for anything.