The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2016
Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic: Could Trump's Tweets Spark a Nuclear Arms Race?
A nonproliferation expert puts the president-elect’s latest remarks in context.
Donald Trump tweeted something controversial today. After Twitter controversies involving Boeing, terror attacks, and former President Bill Clinton, Trump has directed his attention towards the American nuclear arsenal. Thursday morning, Trump tweeted that “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.” The impetus behind the tweet is unknown, but Trump may have been responding to the concerns of Boeing and Lockheed Martin executives after a Wednesday meeting, or to a rather similarly-worded statement from Russian President Vladimir Putin early Thursday.
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WNU Editor: We would be living in an incredibly insecure and in an incredibly unstable world if a tweet could result in an arms race that would involve millions of lives and trillions of dollars. Fortunately .... the world is far more stable than that.
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