Trump is right about an 'Iron Dome' missile shield for the US homeland

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : When pressed for a historical parallel, Trump praised the Israeli decision to take out the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq in 1981.
44% : On this, Trump is particularly right about the need to upgrade the U.S. missile defense shield by adding an interceptor layer in space.
42% : But Trump is right on the policy, and all one must do is note that he has been arguing for a missile shield for 25 years.
40% : Trump could respond to his critics by pointing to the 2023 report of the U.S. Strategic Posture Commission, which said, "DOD [Department of Defense] must look at new approaches to achieving U.S. missile defense goals, including the use of space-based and directed energy capabilities, as simply scaling up current programs is not likely to be effective.
36% : Trump has been persistent about the unacceptability of enemies threatening the United States with nuclear missiles.
25% : During the time Trump has been talking about this concept, the threat environment has deteriorated further, and now the United States is facing down multiple nuclear adversaries.

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