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Trump claims credit for Iron Dome and Middle East peace in sweeping Davos Speech
US president says he has told Benjamin Netanyahu to stop 'taking credit' for Israel's Iron Dome system
US President Donald Trump has made a series of bold claims regarding American involvement in the development of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system and recent peace efforts in the Middle East, in a sweeping speech at the World Economic Forum.
Trump told attendees to the Davos 2026 that he had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “stop taking credit” for the Iron Dome, asserting, “it’s our technology.”
He then continued:“But that’s nothing compared to what we have planned for the United States, Canada, and the rest of the world. We are gonna build a dome like no other. We did it for Israel, and by the way, I told Bibi, ‘Bibi, stop taking credit for the dome, that’s our technology.’”
Following Trump’s remarks, Israeli defense experts immediately pushed back on his version of events.
They noted that Iron Dome was developed solely by Israeli defense firms, with significant US funding and some American collaboration coming only after the system’s initial design and deployment.
Later Trump also claimed that “peace” had broken out in the Middle East, suggesting the Palestinian militant group Hamas had agreed to disarm.
“Hamas has agreed to give up its weapons,” he insisted.
He then said of the prospect of the terror group giving up its weapons, “Now, you know, they were born with a weapon in their hands, so it’s not easy to do.”
Trump continued:”Although it’s difficult for them, this is what they’ve agreed to do. In the next few days—and certainly within the next three weeks—we’ll find out whether they follow through. This will also affect the countries involved in the peace deal.”
He insists there were around 56 countries signed up for “the whole peace deal” and “they want to come in and take it up with Hamas. “They want to do whatever they can,” continued Trump, adding, ” There’s a problem in Lebanon, and we’ll see what happens. But there are these little flames.”
He took credit for “peace” in the region, suggesting last year’s US airstrikes in Iran, where B-2 bombers cratered Tehran’s nuclear sites, had allowed countries such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE agree to a peace deal.
“Had we not gone in and knocked down …they went in there at two o’clock in the morning, no light, no nothing … every single one of those massive bombs hit its target,” Trump said.
“And then on top of it, from a separate 300 miles away, we hit the sites with an unbelievable weapon.
“So you know, we did our job. If we didn’t do that, you would have never had recent rules.
“And the countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar could never have, and others could never have signed anything, because you would have this dark cloud.
“And the dark cloud was Iran with nuclear.”
On Wednesday, Downing Street said the prospect of Vladimir Putin sitting on the so-called “Board of Peace” for Gaza is concerning, and indicated Keir Starmer is still considering whether to join Donald Trump’s project.
No 10 indicated the Prime Minister is discussing with allies whether to join the board after an invite from Trump was extended to them.
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