Tag: Trump: Nuclear Posture Review

NOVANEWS By Stephen Lendman Global Research     In December 2016, President-elect Trump on nuclear weapons ominously tweeted: “Let it be an arms race. We will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all.” Early in his tenure, he said “if countries are going to have nukes, we’re going to be at the top of the pack.” Instead of stepping back from the brink, he wants America’s nuclear arsenal greatly expanded. As long as these weapons exist, they’ll likely be used with devastating effects, risking doom. The only way to prevent eventual nuclear war is by eliminating these weapons entirely. Nuclear roulette assures losers, not winners. Einstein said splitting the atom “changed everything save our modes of thinking, and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.” Washi...

NOVANEWS Group Warns Implementation Of Trump’s Plan Makes Nuclear War More Likely By Global Zero Global Zero Last night, The Huffington Post released a pre-decisional draft of the Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review. The document outlined a strategy that includes the development of new, so-called “low-yield” nuclear weapons — expanding the number of scenarios in which the first use of nuclear weapons would be considered, including in response to non-nuclear attack. In reaction to the leaked document, Derek Johnson, executive director of Global Zero, the international movement for the elimination of nuclear weapons, issued the following statement: “This leaked draft of the NPR is a radical document and terrifying in almost every respect. Trump’s plan to develop so-ca...