Trump orders the construction of America's 'Iron Dome': Can it be done?
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Times Radio’s Maddie Hale speaks to political strategist David Grasso about Donald Trump’s decision to order Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth 60 days to submit a plan to build the United States own ‘Iron Dome’ air defence system, one that will need to be 400 times the size of Israel’s.
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As an American, i don't think threatening Greenland is a matter for giggling. I lived in Canada for 4 years -- it is a VERY different country. Spitting in the face of our allies is idiotic behavior.
Trump and his supporters are about America first they don't really care About allies America is an economic and military superpower and they feel the rest of the world has been freeloading off America (I'm a Trump supporter)
Trump and his supporters are about America first they don't really care About allies America is an economic and military superpower and they feel the rest of the world has been freeloading off America (I'm a Trump supporter)
Canada here. If your guest believes that waking up in Canada is no different than being in the USA, then he should stick with something that he knows about! One of the things that Canadians are very proud of, is that we are NOT Americans. We proudly wear Canadian flags and clothing when we travel so that we are NOT mistaken for being American!! Please don’t insult us.
Oh that's just because like everybody else in the world, you think you're better. Y'all got your wake-up call coming.
@ Well, Ryan, it's obvious to all of us here that you clearly think you're better. I've worked with some Canadians and they were fine people. And threatening a 'wake up call' is a little bit arrogant, don't you think? Best wishes.
You’re not Canadian. Canadians aren’t rude.
hows ypur property brother?
@@ryanwalters6184If you think that then you have absolutely no clue what Canada is about!
I'm waiting for a reporter to ask Trump how many tons of iron ore would be needed to build the dome.
he already moved a lot of steel and concrete into the desert... he's being intentionally wasteful because he's an isolatjonist acceIeratjonist gIobuhIist ghoul
You've got to laugh, he couldn't complete a wall! A dome??! LOL.
64 shulker boxes of iron blocks
So, let me see if I'm getting this right.
In America, if you're a convicted felon, you can't vote or carry a firearm but you CAN run for President.
Interesting. 🤔🤨✌️🙂
USA! USA! USA!
As an American, I'm against the dome unless they put a hatch in the top so Jesus can get in when the rapture comes. 🤪
And you get a get out of jail free card if your friends with the right political party
Oh FFS .... he's destroying the school system and social safety nets then doing absolutely crazy stuff.
"Iron Dome" is a worthwhile metaphor for generically taking good care of one's own territory.
Different countries will naturally need different defense capabilities, given their context and struggles, so you'd normally expect each country to have completely different forms of "Iron Dome".
It's worth considering and designing appropriately, for the needs at hand.
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@firstclass000 Why are you using AI to generate useless comments, when we could be discussing the actual "Iron Dome" hysteria? Try saying something useful, eh?
@@ColbyAzimuth ok, bet
@@ColbyAzimuth let's talk about the iron dome. Do you think it's feasible with the amount that it's gonna cost and would it actually work?
@firstclass000 I 100% guarantee that it will work. It will cost somewhere between $100 and $100B, and it will solve somewhere between 0.00001% and 80% of the issues involved. Did you have any specific ideas that you might even be referring to? Do you have any idea whatsoever what the topic is? What is your actual specific question?
Israel has three different rocket defense systems, Iron Dome is literally the least appropriate for the US.
Absolutely true. Crazy expensive for such a large country and not for large missiles. He’s nuts. Meant for smaller rocket attacks.
yep, Israel's system is just suited for the tiny rockets used by hamas...not for ICBMs...total waste of money. On the other hand, a forward looking person would consider the possibiilty of a drone attack...a million drones could fly out of an oil tanker and attack all at once and create havoc..so that has to be reviewed.
They should build a wall not a dome. A dome will make it too dark.
"If you have a criminal record, you should be deported." 😒 Does anyone see the irony in that statement ?
Jon Stewart right, America needs a giant iron cloche (a bell or dome shaped cover )
Who's gona be firing missles at the American main land, they must have a death wish
Well, the entire world hates the US now because of Trump.
@redscope897 damn they hate me, why I'm not even American lol. assumptions assumptions huh!
This guy knows very little about Canada or Canadians. 'Canada looks the same as the US'. Every major city in the world looks similar to any other. Asinine flippant ignorant observation. Where does The Times dig up these pundits?
Some balanced insights from the guest 👍
As for the "iron dome," I'm not an expert, so take this with a pinch of salt, but we already have THAAD, Patriot Missile Defense, Ground-Based Midcourse Defense, Aegis Ashore, C-RAM, and are actively developing directed energy systems. The technology is there. The main focus from the north and coast lines would be on ICBMs. In fact, this is where Greenland comes into play. This wouldn't require many systems. The hard part would be the southern border, where we might want more defense for shorter range projectiles near border cities, towns, and select sites. I don't think it would be as hard as one might think at first. We don't need 100% coverage. It's mostly desert and mountains across the southern border, and we don't need to worry about the Canadian border the same way.
For now. Because of Trump the Canadians hate us now. Trump has done nothing but create enemies for the US.
Is he expecting projectiles from Mexico or Canada?
Or is he expecting the rise of Atlantis and an attack from the Sea?
@@felipearbustopotd Atlantis....he wants to build a hotel there.
@@joenast-zg3ew 😂
What a waste of money.
Trump is making the entire world hate the US, so we’ll probably need this in the future.
Can we 🇪🇺 have one please?
The iron dome would only have to be over strategic sights not the whole US
Yes please make a big dome out of iron over the USA and don't put any doors in.
Canadians and Americans may seem the same on the surface but we have a completely different set of values and belief system.
Canadians don't want to become part of the US.
With your new Defence Department head, the new Iron Dome will be America throwing Beer bottles and empty bottles of Whiskey at their foes. If that does not work. Indian Engineers can throw Curry Puffs.
When you threaten allies, you may win the argument but lose an ally.
This is why Greenland is so important. We need it for missile defense❤
"Can [an American iron dome] be done?" All things are possible to those who know nothing.
We Americans can no longer build an iron board, much less an iron dome.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 you have won the quote of the day 👍👍.
Yes, but no. Small areas could be, but it would be vastly too expensive for the whole country.
The elite never protect everyone.
Like the White House, the Pentagon, Trumps Pads
NO, WE ARE NOT "THE SAME". (from a dual US Canadian citizen)
Watching from the Philippines.
Hi Doctor, sorry to bother you ,he's got out again.
This is a Murdoch channel folks
Won't stop Armageddon when it comes.
I mean if they wanted, they could build a few Space Stations that both orbit over parts of the United States and is armed with a bunch of missles.
Thats how i could see it working.
How much did he waste on redecorating the Oval Office?
Why didn’t he pay for it himself?
Will someone dust off the “Brilliant Pebbles” program wanted in the 80’s?
That will be a bad idea to go after green land they are our allied.
Iron Dome, meet Mushroom.
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Nice. I’m seeing a lot of casual nuke talk lately, and find it very disturbing. Meanwhile Trump wants to denuclearize. Has that made your news?
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“My” news❔
First, the country is Colombia, not Columbia.
Second, the US would struggle if import tarriffs for Colombian imports were introduced/raised to silly levels, although somewhere between a quater and a third of Colombian exporst are to the US - petro-chem's, minerals and food products.
There will be no tariffs with Colombia, it’s already been resolved.
She's not from the UK genius.
Last week he went to Tijuana ,, donkey show enthusiast and participant David grasso loves Mexicos animal rights laws ,,,go deep davey
This guy has obviously never been to Canada, because we are not the same. And it’s not a “historical oddity” than Canada isn’t part of the US - it’s the result of the British Empire smacking the US around repeatedly when they tried to conquer Canada in the 18th and 19th centuries. Many of our first English-speaking residents were literally the Tories that remained loyal to the Crown during the Revolutionary War. No love lost between our countries prior to the Ogdensburg Agreement in 1940.
or, hear me out: don't start feuds with all of our allies
Trump was already told they would collect the people on their own aeroplanes and not accept American military aircraft as repatriating transport.
without the people no politicians have any rights and we will protect our world and who we are and it's not about territory it's about our king our king our king and the Danish fan the flag the oldest in the world we protected with everything would in our power come and get us do you need our help Panama you are going to get it
Elon will make that iron dome happen before he leaves to mars.
Who’s going to pay for it?
you dont get to just issue orders to build an iron dome,. you need to fund it, which means congress has to approve it. it has to make sense. you cant steal the money from other programs either.
Someone should let Trump know we already have a Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system which can handle a small number of ICBMs (think North Korea.) It cannot currently handle Russia or China volume.
i do not appreciate living under siege in my own country, Canada has fallen
"Iron Dumb" we have anti missile defenses, fyi
It is not sustainable, not practical, to have an indefinitely increasing population. More people so space is short & expensive. This devalues our lives. There is a housing shortage, more expensive housing. Roads are jammed. The countryside is damaged by turning farmland & wildlife sites into house-sites -- increased density of population, hence more more environmental damage, more carbon dioxide, more climate heating, more regulation, more dependency on imported food, less freedom. Immigration also raises birthrate significantly so population increase escalates further down the years. It is not sustainable that the population of a country perpetually increases. The UK is not a big factory business. We live here.
Because you know Canada and Mexico threaten to shoot us with all those rockets (SARCASM)
What problem does the US iron dome solve? Who is launching rockets into the US? This seems like more big government make work money spending that would use resources better spent somewhere else
Podcast host is SO anti-Trump.. the guest is great, but she is tiresome, boring and predictable.
Missiles I meant!!!!!! Sorry Davy damned auto correct
Trump is mentally depleted .
God bless America we need it.
God is looking at America and thinking "what have you done ............ again" ?
This guy is not worth listening to. He’s out of touch and unrealistic.
Delta Force will straighten things out
Even just a robust 'partial' defense system can introduce a lot of doubt into the minds of would be aggressors...
ORRRRR, and hear me out, our 14 aircraft carriers that we've already spent tens of billions of dollars on can be the deterrent?? Maybe?
@@homipside I, for one, would not pick a fight with the U.S. I agree the Navy (and the rest of the Nuclear Triad) is a massive deterrent. The biggest threat, in my opinion, would be something smuggled into a harbor, or other poorly defended location. Countries like Pakistan, North Korea, and possibly Iran in the near future possessing Nukes....don't trust that they can secure their nukes.
Maybe a plausible option would be to build a system in space, perhaps Trump needs to speak to Musk and not Hegseth.
@@geofo60 I just wanna be able to buy a house and send my kids to good schools man. All this other stuff is dumb. We don't need to spend 2 trillion dollars to protect ourselves from short range missiles from Canada or Mexico. We have the largest navy the world has ever seen. We have the largest air force and second largest air force in the world thanks to the Navy. No foreign ship will ever fire a missile at the United States. This is wasteful
Income differentials, this guy is insane.
Horrible audio. Do better.
Israel did it. Hundreds? I thought you were reporter so I thought you’d be accurate. Just being naïve I guess.
Israel is…a lot smaller than the US 😂
in United Kingdom remember this the United States Paul us in to an Iraq Afghanistan war for 20 years in the best tubers you had supporting you United Kingdom was the Norwegian Troopers remember that Great Britain
and I'm not a professional sort you're in the Denny's army like a special forces but I'm the closest thing you get before you get professional soldiers in the Danish army and my record is 1500 meters without any proper and I never miss