Trump Signs Executive Order, Calls for Iron Dome Construction to be ‘Immediate’

Trump Signs Executive Order, Calls for Iron Dome Construction to be ‘Immediate’


Modeled after Israel’s Iron Dome protective shield, President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that one be built for the United States. Trump deemed the project a top priority and called for “immediate” work to be done.

Trump made the remarks Monday evening; after landing at Joint Base Andrews, he confirmed that he had signed the executive order for the Iron Dome on the plane. Americans “protect other countries, but we don’t protect ourselves.”

Discussing his recently-confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Trump stated: “I know him very well. I think he’s going to be fantastic.”

“He’s what we need, to immediately begin the construction of a state-of-the-art Iron Dome missile defense shield, which will be able to protect Americans.”

Trump also referenced that

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