Trump Unveils $175 Billion Plan For "Golden Dome" Missile Defense System

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "I'm pleased to announce that we have officially selected an architecture for this state-of-the-art system that will deploy next-generation technologies across the land, sea, and space, including space-based sensors and interceptors," Trump told reporters at the White House.
58% : " Adding to his Golden Dome announcement on Tuesday, Trump named Gen. Michael Guetlein, vice chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force, as the program manager for the project.
52% : Trump expressed confidence that the reconciliation bill will pass.
47% : The Department of Defense has selected a design for President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense initiative, Trump announced on May 20.
44% : In his first week in office, Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Defense to devise a plan to implement his missile defense proposal.
42% : Trump said Guetlein is "one of the most respected people in the world, having to do with defense."
41% : " In addition to new and improved space-based sensors and interceptors, Trump's January executive order called for the Department of Defense to consider non-kinetic missile interception technologies such as lasers.
38% : Trump said the plan the Department of Defense has selected should cost about $175 billion to complete.
27% : The $150 billion defense spending plan is one piece of a larger bill that Trump and his allies are hoping to pass through the reconciliation process, avoiding a potential Senate filibuster.
25% : Standing beside Trump during the Oval Office announcement, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth noted the parallels between Trump's missile defense proposal and the Strategic Defense Initiative put forth by President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.

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