President Donald Trump, speaking to U.S. troops at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Thursday during his trip to the Middle East, said he has signed an order to build the nation’s Golden Dome missile defense shield, and promised that all components will be made in the United States.

“It was called the Iron Dome, but I changed it to the Golden Dome,” Trump said, to applause from the troops. “I thought it was a little more beautiful, it’s more modern. We are going to have it. It is amazing what they do.”

The project, he added, “will cost many billions of dollars, all made in the USA.”

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