Trump news at a glance: president unveils Golden Dome project – and claims Canada is interested

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Donald Trump has announced that his administration will move forward with developing a multibillion-dollar missile defense system, called Golden Dome", and claimed that Canada was interesting in being part of it.

Once fully constructed, the golden dome will be capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from other sides of the world, and even if they are launched from space," Trump said. Forever ending the missile threat to the American homeland."