Trump taunts Canada over its interest in joining the ambitious Golden Dome Missile Shield project. While welcoming Canada’s participation in the $175 billion defense initiative, Trump makes it clear: “They can join, but they will have to pay.” The Golden Dome aims to protect North America from hypersonic missiles, drones, and nuclear threats with cutting-edge technology spanning land, sea, and space.
00:04They want to hook in and they want to see if they can be a part of it.
00:07That sort of makes sense.
00:09I guess that's what I was talking about from day one, you know.
00:12Just automatically makes sense and it won't be very difficult to do,
00:15but they'll pay their fair share.
00:17Canada has called us and we want to be a part of it.
00:20So we'll be talking to them. They want to have protection also.
00:24So as usual, we help Canada do the best we can.
00:27This design for the Golden Dome will integrate with our existing defense capabilities
00:31and should be fully operational before the end of my term.
00:34So we'll have it done in about three years.
00:37Once fully constructed, the Golden Dome will be capable of intercepting missiles,
00:42even if they are launched.
00:44We'll be able to do the best.
00:46We'll be able to do the best we can.
00:48Canada has called us and they want to be a part of it.
00:51So we'll be talking to them.
00:52They want to have protection also.
00:54So as usual, we help Canada do the best we can.
00:56Even if they are launched from other sides of the world and even if they are launched from space.
01:02And we will have the best system ever built.
01:05As you know, we helped Israel with theirs and it was very successful.
01:10And now we have technology that's even far advanced from that.
01:14But including hypersonic missiles, ballistic missiles and advanced cruise missiles,
01:19all of them will be knocked out of the air.
01:23We will truly be completing the job that President Reagan started 40 years ago,
01:28forever ending the missile threat to the American homeland.
01:32And the success rate is very close to 100 percent, which is incredible.
01:36When you think of it, you're shooting bullets out of the air.
01:38I'm also pleased to report that the one big beautiful bill will include $25 billion for the Golden Dome to help construction get underway.
01:48That's the initial sort of a down positive.
01:51And we have probably, you're talking about, General, we're talking about $175 billion total cost of this when it's completed.
02:03This afternoon I'm also announcing that I will appoint, very importantly, General Gutlein to lead the ambitious new effort as the direct reporting program manager for the Golden Dome.
02:15He's a very talented man, and I'm very honored to have been the one that helped or really created Space Force.
02:21Space Force has turned out to be a tremendous success.
02:24We were third in space, and now we're number one in space by a lot.
02:27It's not even close.
02:29And Mike is a four-star Space Force General, the recipient of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal,
02:38one of the most respected people in the world having to do with defense.
02:42You know, we have offensive, we have defense, I'll bet he's good at offense.
02:45And he has an unmatched background in missile warning technology and defense procurement.
02:51General Gutlein also knows that we need to move fast.
02:54No one is more qualified for his job, and everybody, this was a universal acceptance of General Gutlein.
03:02Everybody that knows him and knows everybody else, they said there's only one man for the job, so I have a feeling we have the right guy.
03:09But now I'd like to invite Secretary Hegseth and the General to please say a few words and describe the system a little bit.
03:17And we appreciate you being here.
03:20The press has really been very fair over the last period of a couple of months.
03:24I don't know what happened to you.
03:25It was so much more exciting the other way, but you've been very, very fair.
03:29We have very high poll numbers, the highest we've ever had.
03:33And I think we're doing a great job.
03:35We had a tremendous trip to the Middle East, as you know.
03:38It was a really amazing trip.
03:40And now I came home and this is the one I was really looking forward to this day,
03:45because this is very important for the success and even survival of our country.
03:50It's a pretty evil world out there.
03:52So this is something that goes a long way toward the survival of this great country.
03:58And as I said, we'll be discussing Canada.
04:02They want to hook in and they want to see if they can be a part of it.
04:05That sort of makes sense.
04:07I guess that's what I was talking about from day one, you know.
04:10It just automatically makes sense and it won't be very difficult to do, but they'll pay their fair share.
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