The nukes are fine — the advice is not

Despite his well-known aversion to using the "other N-word" and discussing the issues connected to nuclear deterrence and nuclear saber-rattling by America’s adversaries, the president, during his recent trip to Asia, dropped a bombshell of his own.

On October 29, President Trump posted a brief statement on Truth Social about nuclear weapons testing, which contained the following key points:

The United States has more nuclear weapons "than any other country."

During Trump's first term in office, the U.S. accomplished a "complete update and renovation" of existing U.S. nuclear weapons.

Because of other countries’ testing programs, the president has "instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis."

The process of testing our nuclear weapons “wi