President Trump on Missile Defense, Canada's Interest, and US Technological Superiority

Missile Defense Project and Criticisms

• 🚀 President Trump dismisses critics' concerns about the missile defense project being prohibitively expensive, ineffective, or triggering an arms race, stating they are "wrong."
• 💡 He describes the project as being "as close to perfect as you can have" in terms of real production.

Canada's Involvement

• 🇨🇦 Trump states that Canada wants to be a part of the project, indicating a potential for a small expansion.
• 🤝 Negotiations regarding pricing and terms with Canada are expected, as they have explicitly asked to participate.

Cost and Funding

• 💰 Trump asserts that if the US can afford it, they should pursue it, referencing $5.1 trillion taken in recently as a measure of financial capacity.
• 🇺🇸 He emphasizes that the project will be manufactured entirely within the United States.

Technological Superiority

• 🧠 An unnamed, significant adversary acknowledged that Silicon Valley possesses the most brilliant minds and that their technological capabilities are impossible to duplicate.
• 🌟 Trump highlights that the US has unique technological advantages, citing the successful defense of Israel against approximately 500 launched missiles, with only one partially getting through.
• 🛰️ The technology used in this defense is described as far advanced compared to previous systems.