“By foolishly announcing his intention resume nuclear testing,” said one expert, “Trump will trigger strong public opposition in Nevada, from all U.S. allies, and it could trigger a chain reaction.” US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, an announcement made in a frighteningly vague social media post that threatens to shred decades of […]
“The bizarre situation is a chilling reminder why it is so dangerous with Trump’s finger on the nuclear button,” said one nuclear policy expert. In an ominous post Friday afternoon, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that he had “ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions” following a provocation by a top Russian security official. […]
An expert at the Federation of American Scientists warned that “radioactive fallout would be intense” if the U.S. deployed a penetrator nuke. The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump has not ruled out dropping a nuclear weapon on Iran as he considers options for joining Israel’s escalating and increasingly deadly war. An unnamed Trump administration […]
“It’s such a terrible precedent that could drive states to determine that the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty no longer benefits their security,” one expert warned during a virtual event on the conflict. Experts said Monday during a webinar on the escalating Mideast crisis that U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran’s civilian nuclear facilities—which were ostensibly under […]
