Trump vows to build Israel-style ‘Great Iron Dome’ over US if re-elected: ‘Made in America’

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Former President Trump promised to build a “great” Iron Dome for the U.S. during his birthday rally in Florida, saying that it would be “made in America.”

“By next term we will build a great Iron Dome over our country,” Trump said at his 78th birthday soirée at Club 47 in West Palm Beach on Friday evening. “We deserve a dome. We deserve it all, made state of the art. 

“It’s a missile defense shield, and it’ll all be made in America,” he said. “Jobs, jobs, jobs.”

Former President Donald Trump speaks before members of the Club 47 group at the Palm Beach Convention Center. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump said that Ronald Reagan once rooted for an Iron Dome in the U.S., “but at that time, we didn’t have the technology.”

“We now have the technology,” Trump said.

Former President Donald Trump stands near a birthday cake given to him before he spoke to members of the Club 47 group at the Palm Beach Convention Center on June 14, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida.  ( Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump said his proposed Iron Dome will be made in America and that it will create “beautiful” opportunities for young people.

“It’s all going to be made in states,” he said. “We’re going to have a big, beautiful Iron Dome.”

“Great opportunity for young people,” Trump said.

An Israeli missile launched from the Iron Dome defense missile system attempts to intercept a rocket, fired from the Gaza Strip, over the city of Netivot in southern Israel on October 8, 2023. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s missile defense system, or Iron Dome, is largely funded by the United States.

The system is designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery fired from no more than 43 miles away.

Since its creation in 2011, the Iron Dome has rebuffed and destroyed rockets from Hamas militants, Palestinian forces and Iranian drones and missiles.