Trump says that Iron Dome construction will be 'immediate,' signs executive order

President Donald Trump said that the operation of an Iron Dome-like shield for the U.S. is simply a apical precedence for him connected Monday, calling for "immediate" enactment to beryllium done connected the task earlier signing an enforcement order.

Trump made the remarks astatine a Republican meal successful Florida connected Monday, portion commending his recently-confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. After landing astatine Joint Base Andrews that night, helium confirmed that helium signed an enforcement bid regarding the Iron Dome connected the plane.

"Pete Hegseth, who's going to beryllium great, by the way… I deliberation he's going to beryllium fantastic," Trump said astatine the event. "I cognize him precise well. I deliberation he's going to beryllium fantastic."

"He's what we need, to instantly statesman the operation of a state-of-the-art Iron Dome rocket defence shield, which volition beryllium capable to support Americans."

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The president added that Americans "protect different countries, but we don't support ourselves." Trump besides referenced that President Ronald Reagan was funny successful the strategy during the Cold War, but Americans "didn't person the technology."

"And present we person phenomenal technology. You spot that with Israel," Trump continued. "So I deliberation the United States is entitled to that. And everything volition beryllium made close present successful the USA 100%."

"We're going adjacent to guarantee that we person the astir lethal warring unit successful the world."

On Monday, the State Department said that a aboriginal Iron Dome is 1 of Hegseth's galore priorities.

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"Other areas the caput volition survey see reinstating troops that were pushed retired due to the fact that of COVID-19 vaccination mandates and processing an Iron Dome anti-missile strategy for the United States," the connection read.

This wasn't Trump's archetypal notation of an Iron Dome for the U.S. At the Commander-In-Chief inaugural shot connected Jan. 20., Trump said that the task was connected his radar.

"We're besides doing the Iron Dome each made successful America," Trump said. "We're going to person a bully Iron Dome."

The Republican person besides referenced the program connected the run way successful 2024.

"By adjacent word we volition physique a large Iron Dome implicit our country," Trump said during a West Palm Beach event connected June 14. "We merit a dome…it's a rocket defence shield, and it'll each beryllium made successful America."