Donald Trump's "Golden Dome"

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🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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President Trump wants to build a "Golden Dome" to protect the US from the threat of nuclear weapons. It’s a sign we’re in a new nuclear era. This episode was produced by Denise Guerra and Devan Schwartz, edited by Jollie Myers, fact-checked by Miles Bryan, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Further reading: The return of the nucleat threat. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. President Trump announcing plans for the national defense system, the "Golden Dome," in the Oval Office. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Help us plan for the future of Today, Explained by filling out a brief survey: ⁠voxmedia.com/survey⁠. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	President Trump and his people appear to be hard at work on a new nuclear deal with Iran.
0:06.0	Because if we can settle it with a very strong document, very strong, with inspections and no trust.
0:14.0	I don't trust anybody.
0:16.0	They got to make a new one because Donald Trump tore up the old one the last time he was president, but I digress.
0:21.6	The point of such a deal would be to make the Middle East and thus the world a safer place,
0:26.4	one where we'd have to worry a little less about nuclear war.
0:30.7	But at the same time, Donald Trump is trying to realize his dreams of a golden dome.
0:36.9	We're building the golden domeome Missile Defense Shield.
0:40.3	A Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield would, in theory, protect the United States from nuclear war,
0:44.8	but it turns out it might also make us more vulnerable.
0:48.8	We're going to tell you how on today explained. Explain.
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1:24.1	And we're back, folks. It looks like Jim from sales just got in from his client lunch and he's got receipts. His next meeting is in two minutes. The team is asking, can he get through
1:29.2	his expenses in that time? He's going for it.
1:31.5	Is that his phone? He's snapping
1:33.2	a pick. He's texting ramp.
1:34.7	Jim is fast, but this is unheard of. That's it.
1:37.4	He's done it. It's unbelievable.
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