Alert: Trump wants to resume nuclear weapons tests

President Donald Trump says he’s ordered the military to begin testing nuclear weapons “immediately,” which would break a 33-year pause in U.S. and Pentagon policy going back to the end of the Cold War.

“The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country,” the president wrote on social media Wednesday. “Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years. Because of other countries[’] testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

What does “equal basis” testing mean? It’s not entirely clear, but it’s a possible reference to relatively rece

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