Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney mentioned on Might 21 that the nation was in talks with the U.S. about collaborating in President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile protection system. Requested how a lot Canada was keen to shell out for the venture that’s anticipated to value upwards of a whole bunch of billions if not trillions of {dollars}, Carney mentioned he was not going to “put a price ticket” on it, however added: “We’re acutely aware that we’ve got a capability, if we so select, to finish the Golden Dome with investments and partnership.”
However Trump mentioned Tuesday, Might 27, that Canada may be a part of free of charge—with a catch.
“I instructed Canada, which very a lot desires to be a part of our fabulous Golden Dome System, that it’s going to value $61 Billion {Dollars} if they continue to be a separate, however unequal, Nation, however will value ZERO DOLLARS in the event that they develop into our cherished 51st State,” Trump posted on Fact Social. “They’re contemplating the provide!”
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Trump has repeatedly expressed a want for Canada to develop into a U.S. state—a place that’s deeply unpopular amongst Canadians. In an Oval Workplace assembly on Might 6, Carney, whose election in late April was seen as a rebuke to Trump, insisted to the U.S. President that his northern neighbor is “not on the market” and “received’t be on the market, ever.” Trump responded that “time will inform” and “by no means say by no means.”
The U.S. and Canada have already got a joint air protection system known as the North American Aerospace Protection Command. Canada mentioned in 2022 it will make investments some $28 billion over the following 20 years for its modernization.
Trump’s plan for a “Golden Dome,” envisioned as a community of interceptors, satellites, and sensors able to thwarting missile assaults and modeled after Israel’s “Iron Dome,” would value considerably extra. The President mentioned final week, when saying plans for the “Golden Dome” to be operational by the tip of his time period, that the venture would value $175 billion total, and the non-partisan Congressional Finances Workplace estimated the associated fee to develop and function such a system may rise as excessive as $831 billion over 20 years—and that’s simply to guard the US.
