Somewhere, Ronald Reagan might be enjoying a nice laugh.
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the “immediate” construction of an Iron Dome missile defense system to protect America from hostile outside threats.
Newly minted Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had hinted that the order was coming down the pike as he headed into his first full day in office.
“The lawful orders of the president of the United States will be executed inside this Defense Department swiftly and without excuse. We will be no better friend to our allies, and no stronger adversary to those who want to test us and try us so,” Hegseth told reporters.
“And today, there are more executive orders coming that we fully support on removing DEI inside the Pentagon, reinstating troops who were pushed out because of [Covid-19] mandates, and an Iron Dome for America,” he added. “This is happening quickly.”
Later in the evening, speaking at a Republican dinner in Florida, President Trump confirmed those aspirations.
“Pete Hegseth, who’s going to be great, by the way… I think he’s going to be fantastic,” Trump said in remarks to the attendees. “I know him very well. I think he’s going to be fantastic.”
“He’s what we need, to immediately begin the construction of a state-of-the-art Iron Dome missile defense shield, which will be able to protect Americans.”
Gonna guess that after that many years not many will want to be back in the military – maybe if their time out was to be counted as time in for retirement purposes and some would be due promotions…..