Ignorant and incompetent

 

He's too stupid to understand that Canada - in his words - has all the cards in this situation.  He's the one wanting something from them.  It won't cost them a dime if they don't agree to funding the "Dome".  

President Donald Trump left out a key detail this week when he outlined his plans for a massive missile and air defense shield over the continent: He can’t build it without Canada.

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Canada would need to play a pivotal role in Trump’s signature, potentially $500 billion effort to build the so-called Golden Dome, according to U.S. officials and experts, with Ottawa providing radars and airspace needed to track incoming missiles in the Arctic.

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“There’s a lot we just don’t know,” said Shuvaloy Majumdar, a Conservative member of Canada’s parliament. “There’s a lot that needs to be revealed about how the economic and security partnership with America and Canada will unfold.”

Trump, in his Golden Dome announcement on Tuesday, dismissed what Canada could offer the project. “They want to have protection also, so as usual, we help Canada,” he said.

  Politico

Oh. WE help THEM. Christ on a cracker. Who actually has the leverage here, dumbass?  Art of the deal.

Initially termed the 'Iron Dome for America' by the White House, the proposed U.S. system takes inspiration from Israel's well-known multi-layered defense system of the same name. Developed in partnership with the U.S., Israel's defense system is made up of a collection of interceptions of short-range rockets, shells and mortars. Collectively, these form a web or "dome" of air defense around the Middle East nation's roughly 8,500 square miles, about the size of New Jersey.

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The initial $25 billion funding is included as part of the Trump-endorsed tax cut megabill currently working its way through Congress, the president said.

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The president has said the program will cost $175 billion, however, independent projections from the Congressional Budget Office said in a May 5 report it could end up costing over $800 billion over two decades.

  USA Today

Better cut some more health care programs.

Trump issued an executive order a week after taking office ordering the development of the system, and on May 20 announced an initial $25 billion initial investment in the ground- and space-based Golden Dome project. The president said the system "should be fully operational before the end of my term," in 2029.

Or two weeks.

And did he just admit his term will end?

Also...

In a reverse Trump phrase: We need them more than they need us.