Thursday, February 23, 2017

President Trump Wants To Expand The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal



Reuters: Exclusive: Trump wants to expand U.S. nuclear arsenal, make it 'top of the pack'

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants to ensure the U.S. nuclear arsenal is at the "top of the pack," saying the United States has fallen behind in its atomic weapons capacity.

In a Reuters interview, Trump also said China could solve the national security challenge posed by North Korea "very easily if they want to," ratcheting up pressure on Beijing to exert more influence to rein in Pyongyang's increasingly bellicose actions.

In his first comments about the U.S. nuclear arsenal since taking office on Jan. 20, Trump said he would like to see a world with no nuclear weapons but expressed concern that the United States has "fallen behind on nuclear weapon capacity."

“I am the first one that would like to see everybody - nobody have nukes, but we’re never going to fall behind any country even if it’s a friendly country, we’re never going to fall behind on nuclear power.

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More News On President Trump's Remarks That He Wants To Expand The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal

President Trump reiterates call for US nuclear supremacy -- ABC News
Trump calls for building up nuke arsenal to be ‘top of the pack’ -- The Hill
Trump says he wants to expand U.S. nuclear arsenal -- CBS
Trump Wants to Make U.S. Nuclear Arsenal ‘Top of the Pack’ -- NBC
Trump: U.S. will remain at 'top of the pack' on nuclear weapons -- USA Today
Donald Trump says US could expand nuclear arsenal to stay ‘top of the pack’ -- The Independent
White House: U.S. will not 'yield its supremacy' on nuclear front -- Politico
Donald Trump signals desire to increase US nuclear weapons arsenals -- International Business Times
US should expand nuclear arsenal - Trump to Reuters -- RT
Trump Calls START a ‘Bad Deal,’ Vows to Boost US Nuclear Arsenal -- Sputnik
Donald Trump’s Remarks Signal He Could Start a New Nuclear Arms Race -- The Intercept

1 comment:

Ron said...

Always negotiating