Trump’s Vagueness Over Nuclear Testing Could Fuel an Arms Race

It’s unclear whether his statement refers to warhead detonations.

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Trump’s Second Term

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent social media post—in which he said he had “instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis” with Russia and China—demands immediate, sober clarification from the White House. Multiple outlets have now reported the news, but the single most dangerous element is not the post itself. It is its ambiguity.

History shows that ambigu

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