▲ 324 ▼ Trump Calls for ‘Giant Dome’ to Protect the US ‘From a Hostile Source’ (themessenger.com) submitted 2 years ago by Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) I'm not a native speaker, but would anybody say "build a dome" when talking about setting up missile batteries? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] cammoblammo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago We would. That’s a fairly normal thing to say. The problem is that Trump tends to use phrases like this literally. Not saying it’s the case this time, but it’s certainly on brand for him. My initial thought was that he’s advocating for getting rid of missiles and replacing such systems with an actual dome. It’s just so hard to figure out what he means sometimes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Well Hitler built the Atlantic wall without any real wall. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thatgirlwasfire@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Because Isreal has a missile defense system called the Iron Dome. So Trump thinks the that all missile defense systems are called domes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cammoblammo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago We would. That’s a fairly normal thing to say. The problem is that Trump tends to use phrases like this literally. Not saying it’s the case this time, but it’s certainly on brand for him. My initial thought was that he’s advocating for getting rid of missiles and replacing such systems with an actual dome. It’s just so hard to figure out what he means sometimes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Well Hitler built the Atlantic wall without any real wall. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thatgirlwasfire@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Because Isreal has a missile defense system called the Iron Dome. So Trump thinks the that all missile defense systems are called domes. permalink fedilink source parent