President Donald Trump’s call to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing prompted quick condemnation from some Nevada Congressional Democrats.
It’s unclear exactly what directive Trump gave in a Wednesday post on his social media platform and whether he meant that a nuclear warhead should be detonated in the testing. But any changes to the program could run through Nevada, home of the former Nevada Test Site where nuclear weapons were once tested and are now maintained as the Nevada National Security Sites.
“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” Trump wrote in his Truth Social post.
Trump mentioned Russia and China’s capabilities in his post.
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that te

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