Trump Announces “Golden Dome” Program to Intercept Space Threats
U.S. President Donald Trump announced the “Golden Dome” program at the White House, which is intended to provide full protection for the United States against all types of missile attacks. According to Trump, the ambitious system, which will include interceptors placed in space, is set to be operational by the end of his presidency in 2029.
In a statement, Trump announced that he had selected the design for the defense program and appointed General Michael Guetlein from the U.S. Space Force to lead the program, which he called “a central component of my military plan.” It is estimated that the total cost of the program, which is meant to protect against all airborne threats, will reach $175 billion.
Trump mentioned Israel’s Iron Dome system, from which he drew inspiration for his program, stating, “We helped Israel with its system, which was very successful.” However, he emphasized, “Our technology is much more advanced.”
Unlike the Israeli Iron Dome, which is designed to protect limited areas from short-range missiles, the new system is meant to protect the entire U.S. from ballistic missiles and advanced hypersonic missiles. Trump ordered the development of a system based on satellites in space.
The next budget to be submitted to Congress is expected to include a request for initial funding of $25 billion for the program. It is estimated that the total cost will reach $175 billion. Trump promised that the entire system would be manufactured in the U.S., and noted that Canada is also interested in participating in the project. The program’s funding requires Congressional approval.
The promise to develop a new defense system was one of Trump’s frequent campaign promises. At his campaign rallies, he promised to “build a Golden Dome above our country, a dome like you’ve never seen before, a cutting-edge missile defense system that will be built entirely in America. We are going to build the biggest dome of them all.”
In his State of the Union speech last March, where he outlined his plans for the upcoming years, Trump brought up the defense program and said, “Israel has it, and we need to have it too, to protect ourselves from our enemies.”
Removing the Golden Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem for the Sake of Restoring the Temple is the Spiritual “Golden Dome” to Protect the USA!
The Biblical Book of Yishayahu (Isaiah) in chapters 44 and 45 as translated by the Jerusalem Bible states about Koresh (Cyrus)
Thus says the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that makes all things; that stretches the heavens, alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself;
that frustrates the omens of imposters, and makes diviners mad; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;that confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; that says to Yerushalayim, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Yehuda, They shall be rebuilt, and their ruins I shall raise up.That says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:that says of Koresh, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: and saying to Yerushalayim, Thou shalt be rebuilt; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Koresh, whose right hand I have held, that I may subdue nations before him, and loose the loins of kings; that I may open before him doors and gates which shall not be shut;
I will go before thee, and make the mountainous places level: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayst know that I, the Lord, who call thee by thy name, am the God of Yisra᾽el.For Ya῾aqov my servant’s sake, and Yisra᾽el my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else,
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I, the Lord, do all these things.
Kol Hator, a book written by a disciple of the Vilna Gaon understood that the Koresh prophecy was not limited to Cyrus the Great, but rather some future world leader would also fulfill the role of Koresh mentioned by the prophet.Other Sources that suggest that some Future World Leader will use his Political and Military Power to help rebuild the Temple.
Minchat Chinuch: “Do not rely on miracles to build the Temple or to renew the sacrificial service”.
Minchat Hinuch Mitzvah 95
Now behold the Rambam wrote here, the structure of the Menora, and the structure of the Shulchan and the structure of the Golden Altar, see there. Yet the structure of the Ark and the vessels he did not write and it is obvious that all of these vessels were each time different. In the 2nd Temple they were not of the vessels of the 1st Temple and in the days of the Hasmoneans all the existing vessels were lost, as it became clarified that they made at the outset a Menora of iron, became richer, {and made it from more expensive metal} .
If so, we have to know the laws. And even today it is possible that if the kingdoms grant permission to build the Temple, it is a mitzva to build it as was clarified in the midrash that in the days of Rabbi Y. Ben Chananya they gave permission and they (the Jews) started to build.
And see the book Capot Temarim that Rabbeinu Netanel {comment, my version of Caphtor Vapherech, says it was Rabbeinu Yechiel of Paris} one of the authors of Tosafot wanted to come and offer sacrifices in Jerusalem and if so, this is true also to build the Temple (even though in Rambam’s opinion this is not so, and it will be clarified elsewhere). However, (regarding) the Ark immediately since the Testimony was hidden away and will not reappear until the coming of the redeemer, let him speedily come in our day, they did not make another {replacement} Ark outside of what Moshe made in the desert and when the redeemer, let him speedily arrive in our day comes, then the Tablets and the Ark will be revealed; if so there is no need to write the laws of the Ark.
Nevertheless, this needs investigation, for it is known that the Holy Torah does not use miracles for the performance of commandments and laws; see the commentaries on the Torah and at the forefront the Ramban {Nachmanides}. If so, definitely it is a mitzva for the generations, as the Rambam counted, this mitzva to carry it {the Ark} on the shoulders and also the prohibition not to remove the poles, even those things won’t be until the arrival of the redeemer, for now there is no Ark in our great iniquity and he wrote concerning what was during the time of the Temple and will be in the time of Mashiach; if so the laws of the Ark were also applicable during the first Temple period, for example, if the Ark was broken (and although it was the work of G-d, nevertheless, The Torah does not make the laws dependent on miracles); and even in the future it is possible that if the Ark be broken, it is definitely a mitzva to make an Ark for the (Tablets of) Testimony (Luchot, in Hebrew}. And in truth this did occur in the days of Eli that the Ark was taken captive by the officers of the Plishtim (Philistines) and it was there 7 months, see Shmuel (Samuel). And it is explained in Agada that Shaul (Saul) snatched the Tablets from the hands of Golyat (Goliath) and if so they definitely needed to make then a new Ark for the sake of the Tablets.
Minchat Chinuch brings another precedent that tells us not to depend on miracles regarding the Temple. He then concludes, if so, we have to know the structure of the Ark, like all the Temple vessels, what details, if lacking, invalidate the vessel and which details do not invalidate.
There are a number of possible scenarios that predict in which manner the Temple will be built in the future. Here I will present a scenario that is not so well known, without predicting if indeed it will actually occur.
Rabbeinu Bacheyei brings this scenario down in his commentary to Vayikra/Leviticus Chapter 11
And Midrash Tanchuma contends, why was this kingdom compared in a parable to the Chazir animal. For in the future the Holy One Blessed be He will put back on them (in Hebrew, LehaChazir) the strict attribute of justice. There are other versions in which it is written in them: That in the future it will put will put back (in Hebrew, LehaChazir) the crown to its old position. And the matter is that the 2 Temples were built by Israel, the First Temple, Shlomo (Solomon) built, who was from the seed of Yehuda (Judah), the 2nd Temple, Zerubavel built, who was also from the seed of Yehuda (Judah) for it was stated (Zechariah 4:8) “the hands of Zerubavel have founded”, etc. and it was done by Koresh (Cyrus) who gave permission in this matter; but the 3rd Temple, in the future will be built by this nation. And that is what they stated: “That in the future it will put will put back (in Hebrew, LehaChazir) the crown to its old position”. Because this one (kingdom) destroyed it. {end of quote}
In Jewish thought, Christianity generally came to be associated with the Kingdom of Rome, because that religion became the official religion of the oppressive empire. I do not know if this Midrash believed the biological descendants of Rome would restore the Temple or did it mean the religion adopted by Rome would restore the Temple to the Jews.