The platform said: “Prevent World War Three, restore peace in Europe and in the Middle East, and build a great Iron Dome missile defense shield over our entire country -- all made in America”
2024 Republican Platform, Promise 8What was done: The war in Ukraine is still going. The missile shield is funded but, by defense-press accounts, has barely moved.
As of September 2026 there is no peace agreement in Ukraine; only limited truces have been tried, and the Secretary of State has said the war must end in a negotiated settlement. The “Golden Dome” missile shield was announced in May 2025 at $175 billion, and the July 2025 tax law gave it about $25 billion. In April 2026, National Defense Magazine reported the program was “spinning its wheels” because of internal disagreement over its design.
Sources
- ISW/Critical Threats — Assessment, Sept. 23, 2026
- National Defense — Golden Dome spinning its wheels
- CRS — Golden Dome (July 2026)
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