Bad news for Trump's Golden Dome: He can't build it without Canada

[littlemissmartypants]

Bad news for Trump’s Golden Dome: He can’t build it without Canada

The president would need to rely on Ottawa to track Chinese and Russian missiles that could come at the U.S. from over the horizon.

By Jack Detsch, Paul McLeary and Nick Taylor-Vaisey

05/23/2025 05:55 AM EDT

President Donald Trump left out a key detail this week when he outlined his plans for a massive missile and air defense shield over the continent: He can’t build it without Canada.

And it’s not clear America’s northern neighbor wants in.

Canada would need to play a pivotal role in Trump’s signature, potentially $500 billion effort to build the so-called Golden Dome, according to U.S. officials and experts, with Ottawa providing radars and airspace needed to track incoming missiles in the Arctic.

And while Trump insists the country wants to participate, Canadian leaders appear more tepid.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/23/trump-canada-golden-dome-00366410

[tanyev]

1. Womp, womp. They've got their elbows up.

[Walleye]

2. Golden huh? I can't think of anything we need less.

[RockRaven]

3. That's not bad news for him, it is good news for him. It provides him an easy excuse

for why he failed, and it is someone else's fault. And quickly too, so his lazy ass doesn't even have to expend much effort.

[dem4decades]

4. Didn't Trump chase Canada right into China's arms? Good job Trump, you fucking moron.

[BootinUp]

5. He doesn't want to build anything for the US.

Don’t be silly.

[Disaffected]

6. ".......Canadian leaders appear more tepid.

And for good reason:

. expensive as hell
. easily overwhelmed so likely not effective
. impossible to test against a largescale attack
. very destabilizing & gooses the arms race
. Trump wants it so therefore almost certainly a bad idea

[D_Master81]

7. Remind you...

Remember how Doge was finding all of these things we didn’t have the money to spend on but suddenly we have half a trillion dollars to spend on a missile defense system. Let’s be real, it will be way over that in the end if it ever gets built. Talk about a defense budget slush fund

[Irish_Dem]

8. Who in their right mind would do business with Donald J. Trump.

A liar, cheat and con man.
A criminal psychopath.

[womanofthehills]

9. Are there any details on this so called Golden Dome?

Any mention of what kind of missile interceptors?

[Bev54]

10. Carney is just playing along with Trump

We, in Canada, know it is not going to happen. We have been here before, for years, we have been asked to participate and nothing has been agreed to nor gotten past the point of a wish.