[elunmask]

Trump highlighted this program in his 2024 announcement yesterday,

We will again have peace through strength. We will protect our people from the unthinkable threat of nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles, the United States must also build a state of the art next generation missile defense shield, we need it, the power of these missiles and the power of a word that I refuse to say, nuclear, we have to have it, we need a defense shield. And we have to do it and we actually have the technology and we're gonna build it. Just as I rebuilt our military, I will get this done.

We will plant our beautiful American flag very soon on the surface of Mars, which I got started. But we need everyone involved. We need everyone's help. We need to look out for one another. We need to be friends. And we need every Patriot on board. Because this is not just a campaign, this is a quest to save our country, talking about saving our country. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much.

Most Republicans including DeSantis also support the program. I think Elon believed the Senate would go Republican last week and he could be called a kingmaker.

[snowwrestler]

If "most Republicans including DeSantis also support the program," why did Musk supposedly have to spend $44 billion to buy Twitter to influence them? This story makes no sense.

[anigbrowl]

There are other aerospace contractors. Musk spent $44 billion to influence the public, whose consent needs to be manufactured for the train of existing institutions to keep rolling. Enough public discourse happens on Twitter to make it territory worth capturing.

[greenhearth]

What a bunch of shit this is. This is the same Star Wars nonsense from the 80s they tried to push and they're still pushing it lol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative