Trump Billed Canada $61 Billion for His Golden Dome. He Forgot Who Guards America's Sky.

By The Decision Room

Community Score: 50% | 2.7K views | 1mo

0 community ratings: null thumbs up, null thumbs down

$61 billion. That's the bill Trump sent Canada for protection under his proposed "Golden Dome" missile defense system — posted on Truth Social, in writing: $61 billion "if they remain a separate, but unequal, Nation"... or ZERO dollars "if they become our cherished 51st State." Canada's UN ambassador called it what it is: a protection racket. But the bill revealed something Trump has never acknowledged: his Golden Dome can't properly exist without the country he was shaking down. Look at a globe from the top. The shortest path from Russian launch sites to American cities runs over the North Pole — and over Canada. That's why, since May 12, 1958, the two countries have run NORAD: the world's ONLY binational military command. An American general commands; a Canadian general is always deputy. The radar lines that watch the polar approaches — the DEW Line, then the North Warning System (1986-92) — stand overwhelmingly on Canadian ground. The motto: "We Have the Watch." And the next gene

Tags: trump, donald trump, golden dome, trump golden dome, norad, mark carney, canada, canada news, missile defense, 51st state, trump canada, north warning system, arctic radar, canada defense, canada military, trump news, us canada relations, canada arctic, trump 51st state, golden dome canada