Trump's Golden Dome project is threatened due to disputes between the US and Canada.

Recently, the American President Donald Trump unveiled an ambitious defense project called "The Golden Dome," aimed at protecting the United States from all types of missiles. However, this massive project, with a potential cost of $500 billion, faces a major obstacle that could hinder its implementation: Canada.

Despite Trump's enthusiastic announcement of the project, he overlooked a crucial detail, which is the necessity of Canada's cooperation to provide the airspace and necessary radars to monitor and track incoming missiles through the North Pole, a potential path for attacks from Russia or China, as reported by "Politico" quoting American officials.

However, the Canadian response was not as enthusiastic as Trump expected; the Canadian government showed clear reluctance towards the project, at a time when relations between Washington and Ottawa are tense due to trade disputes and Trump's previous statements accusing Canada of benefiting from American protection for free.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hinted at his country's lack of readiness to automatically engage in the project, indicating that Canada is exploring alternative security partnerships, putting the American project in a real dilemma and giving Ottawa an unprecedented bargaining chip.

Similarly, American Senator Jack Reed, a prominent member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, stated that Trump's speech has caused widespread discontent in the Canadian street, directly affecting the positions of political leaders.

Historically, Canada has contributed about 40% of the budget of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and allocated $38 billion to develop new radars in the North over the next two decades.

Without these radars, experts warn that Washington will face a serious gap in its air defense system against missiles crossing the North Pole.

Despite all this, Trump downplayed the importance of Canadian support in his recent statement, saying: "They want protection too, and as usual, we help Canada."

However, reality confirms that the project will not come to fruition without direct cooperation from Ottawa, which holds the crucial airspace and geographic location for the success of what Trump described as "The Golden American Shield."