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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] 12 points 1 week ago

The iron dome that prevented all of those attacks was the forces of the US, Jordan and a few other allies. As I recall Israel's Iron Dome stopped south of 15% of the missiles.

Also, and somewhat more importantly, Mother Fucking NORAD! The North American Aerospace Defence!