Democrats are coming for Trump's Golden Dome missile defense shield — and their eagerness to dismantle it tells you everything about where their priorities actually lie. While Sen. Elizabeth Warren makes headlines promising to work with Trump on a 10% credit card rate cap, the incoming Democratic majority is preparing to strip funding, rename, and gut the homeland defense program Trump launched 22 months ago.

The contrast cuts to the bone. A program designed to protect American cities from missile attacks? Democrats want it dismantled. A rate cap that might actually help working families drowning in $1.26 trillion in credit card debt at an average interest rate of 22.36%? That gets the careful, "ready to go" treatment — with plenty of room for the banking lobby to work its will behind closed doors.

Ars Technica reports that a half-dozen industry and government officials expect Democrats to introduce funding limits, strip out Golden Dome's most controversial component — the Space-Based Interceptors — and give the program a new name. The all-Republican "Golden Dome Caucus" has been decimated by the midterms: seven members either lost their seats or retired, including co-chair Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.) and oversight subcommittee chair Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.). Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), no friend of the program, is positioned to take the gavel.

Here's what the press won't volunteer: much of what Trump branded "Golden Dome" was already operational or in development before he signed the executive order. The program consolidated existing missile defense efforts, accelerated new Ground-Based Interceptors, and added a space-based sensor and interceptor layer to counter drones and hypersonic threats. The first $24 billion was rammed through on a party-line vote via reconciliation — a shortcut even Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) called unnecessary, saying "this should have been on a bipartisan basis." But bipartisan support for defending the homeland was apparently too much to ask. Now Democrats smell blood.

Meanwhile, on the credit card cap, Warren told CBS News' Face the Nation she's "ready to go" with legislation to cap rates at 10%. Trump pushed the same idea in January, arguing Americans were being "ripped off" by companies charging 20 to 30 percent or more. The two had what the White House called a "productive call" about it.

Don't hold your breath. Banking groups are already warning that a 10% cap would mean tighter credit, lower limits, and fewer rewards — particularly for borrowers with lower credit scores. When the lobbying class mobilizes, "ready to go" has a funny way of meaning "ready to talk."

The pattern is clear enough. The bipartisan establishment closes ranks when it needs to kill something that serves the public — whether it's a missile shield or an interest rate cap. The only question is whether Trump can force the deal on credit cards before the same forces burying Golden Dome bury that too.