Former President Donald Trump pledged Saturday to protect the US with a much-larger version of Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defense system if he wins a second term in the White House.
“In my next term, we will build a great Iron Dome over our country — a dome like has never been seen before,” the presumptive GOP presidential nominee told more than 1,000 predominantly evangelical Christians at a Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Washington DC.
“A state-of-the-art missile defense shield that will be entirely built in America and create jobs, jobs, jobs.”
“We’re going to build it in America,” he added. “Israel has it. Israel has it. Why don’t we have it?
Trump – who’s previously floated the idea – had yet to offer specifics, such as whether it would cover the county’s entire perimeter and what the cost would be.
America towers in size compared to Israel, which has about as much land as the state of New Jersey.
