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by Thierry Meyssan
28 January 2026
from
VoltaireNetwork Website
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Donald Trump,
an exceptional charlatan,
has managed to convince us
that
the United States is capable of anything.
And more...
While China, Russia, and the United States
are reshaping the world,
President Trump
is engaging in a perilous exercise
of overvaluing
his legacy.
He has managed to convince us
that he chose to withdraw
from NATO,
when he can no longer remain.
In reality, he finds
himself in the same position
as Mikhail Gorbachev
when he withdrew
from the Warsaw Pact:
on the brink of disaster...!
During the first year of his second term, President
Donald Trump
announced his intention to propel the United States armed forces
into a position of undeniable superiority.
The Golden Dome (May 20, 2025)
The US
Golden Dome is intended to protect not just the United
States, but the entire American continent, by countering,
"the threat
of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles."
It is inspired by
Reagan's "Star Wars" project and takes its name from Israel's
Iron
Dome.
This mission was entrusted to General Michael Guetlein, and a
budget of $175 billion was allocated for it. 1
According to the executive order, the Golden Dome should include:
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Hypersonic and ballistic tracking space-based sensors
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Space-based
interceptors for the acceleration phase
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Sub-layer and
terminal-phase interception capabilities
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A guard layer of the
Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), itself to be
composed of seven layers to be implemented in four phases from 2026
to 2030
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Capabilities intended for pre-launch and propulsion phases
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So-called "non-kinetic" capabilities
to reinforce the system
The War Department (September 5, 2025)
President Trump renamed the Department of Defense the
Department of
War, as it was until the end of World War II.
In addition, he
initiated a reform of the armed forces to develop "the warrior
spirit." He announced that, henceforth, promotions would be based
solely on merit, without regard to ethnic quotas.
We recall the
remarks about overweight, armchair officers who were encouraged to
resign before being dismissed.
The Golden Fleet (December 22, 2025)
Faced with the development of the Chinese navy, President
Trump
announced the construction of the
Golden Fleet.
Initially, ten
battleships of the Trump class will be built. They will be able to
carry conventional guns and nuclear-armed cruise missiles.
The Military Budget (January 7, 2026)
Finally, President Trump announced his intention to increase the
Defense budget by approximately 50%.
This would bring it in line
with the combined defense budgets of the rest of the world.
The United States has published both its 2026 National Security
Strategy 2 and its 2026 National Defense Strategy, but it is
keeping its 2026 Nuclear Posture Review 'secret'...
Washington is leaving its nuclear strategy shrouded in mystery.
The
Golden Dome project, if realized, calls into question the very idea
of balance. The treaty that established the balance of terror with
Russia expires on February 5.
The United States has not wished to
resume negotiations.
In any case, these grandiose projects are unlikely to materialize.
The construction of the Golden Dome is still only a sketch, the
architecture of which has not yet been designed. The Golden Fleet
project is impossible, in the short and medium term, for American
shipyards.
As for the budgetary aspects, they involve sums that are
unattainable in the current state of the economy. The Trump
administration's primary challenge is the excessive debt of the
United States, inherited from previous administrations. 3
It has
exceeded $38 trillion...
The announcement of $1 trillion in investment
in the United States by Saudi Arabia and $1.4 trillion by the United
Arab Emirates is nothing more than a smokescreen... 4
Besides the
fact that this money represents nothing compared to the US public
debt, Saudi Arabia has not yet disbursed any of what it announced.
Its coffers are empty.
All its cash is absorbed by its Saudi Vision
2030 project (the construction of
NEOM and The Line).
In reality, we are witnessing the fall of the American Empire,
modeled on the fall of the Soviet Empire.
Mikhail Gorbachev first
dismantled the Warsaw Pact before acknowledging the collapse of the
USSR. 5
Today, President Trump is dismantling the
Atlantic
Alliance, hoping he won't have to witness the end of the United
States of America.
His bluster shouldn't impress us...
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