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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
‘The greatest Iron Dome’: Trump vows to build missile defense shield for entire US if re-elected
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Former US president and current GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump pledges to build an Iron Dome to protect the entire United States if reelected.
“We’ll build an Iron Dome over our country, a state-of-the-art missile defense shield, and it’s all made in the USA,” Trump says at a New Hampshire rally ahead of today’s primary election in which he took first place.
“We do it for other countries. We help other countries, we don’t do it for ourselves,” Trump laments.
The missile defense system was developed in Israel thanks to funding from the United States.
Recalling having seen the system in action, Trump says, “I’ve seen shots that you wouldn’t even believe.”
After a missile launch is detected, the Iron Dome operators “calmly walk through and you see ‘Ding, ding, ding, ding ding, ding.’ They’ve only got 17 seconds to figure this whole thing out. Bomp. Okay, missile launch. Pshew, poom.”
“We’re going to have the greatest Iron Dome. Let’s call it Iron Dome, and it’s going to be manufactured — a lot of it right here in New Hampshire,” Trump says to cheers from supporters.
Trump: "I will build an Iron Dome over our country." pic.twitter.com/jrhLmL1bdC
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