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Trump announces four new executive orders, including to build ‘Iron Dome’ (www.aljazeera.com)
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Published on: 28/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Trump announced he would sign an executive order calling for the construction of an “Iron Dome” missile defence programme. The order would be aimed at removing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and getting “transgender ideology the hell out of our military” A fourth order would also reinstate service members discharged for refusing to comply with mandates during COVID-19 pandemic. Raft of orders deal directly with the make-up of the US military and its strategic priority. Monday’s orders echo a “transgender military ban” that Trump pursued in 2017. An estimated 8,000 service members are transgender — though more may fear to identify themselves publicly. The executive orders Trump unveiled coincided with his first day at the Pentagon. Hesgeth overcame allegations of sexual abuse and alcoholism to be confirmed to his post on Friday. Experts say creating a similar system across the vast US mainland would be cost prohibitive. Observers also point out that the US already has missile defence programmes in place. The future of Trump’s Iron Dome project is also unclear.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Back in the 1980s Ronald Reagan tried to create a 'Star Wars' program called the Strategic Defense Initiative.

Coincidentally, reagan also used the phrase 'Make America Great Again.'

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Coincidentally, Reagan has done more damage to this country than any other president so far.

[–] Rambomst 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think the US will have a new contender for that title.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reagan's damage to the United States includes creating the environment that allowed Trump to become president, so he wins out via the "I raised that boy" principle.

[–] Bassman1805 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One could also argue Nixon paved the way for Reagan.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

If you go back to the time, most people were satisfied that Nixon had to resign and didn't have to stand trial.

Even confirmed Nixon haters like Hunter S. Thompson didn't raise a huge uproar.

Too bad the lesson the right learned was that you could do the crime and walk away scot free.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I always like to point out that when Reagan took office 'middle class' was still defined as one income supporting a family of four and $1 million was considered a vast fortune. Bythe time Bush Sr. left office, 'middle class' was two incomes to run a house and $1 million was what a rich guy paid for a party.

[–] DeVaolleysAdVocate 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've read but cannot confirm that a huge amount of that money went to special defense and black projects like what became the stealth bombers and other possibly still not public aircrafts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

That's kind of like saying we burned down the barn, but got some good BBQ sandwiches

For fun, watch the TV show 'The Americans.' It's about two KGB spies living deep undercover in Washington in the 1980s. Stealth tech is a big part of the show.