Trump orders Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons 'immediately'

[LudwigPastorius]

Source: NBCnews.com

GYEONGJU, South Korea -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he had instructed the Pentagon to "immediately" resume testing nuclear weapons.

"Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis," Trump said in a Truth Social post shortly before his highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. "That process will begin immediately."

The United States has voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing since 1992. However, it has the ability to resume tests at the Nevada National Security Site.

During his first term, Trump sought a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, NBC News reported at the time.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-orders-pentagon-begin-testing-nuclear-weapons-immediately-rcna240681

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Why does the orange pig feel the need to rattle the nuclear saber for the first time in 33 years?

Is this a prelude to an attack on Venezuela, or is he just feeling extra *small* in the pants lately?

[Diraven]

1. Because it's hurricane season

And there are no sane people left in charge to tell him it's a bad idea this time.

[llmart]

2. It's just his next distraction from...

EPSTEIN, EPSTEIN, EPSTEIN.

He thinks the public will forget he's a pedo.

[colorado_ufo]

20. Well, the distraction of tearing down the East Wing

will only last so long. Got to top that. Plus threaten Xi.

[ChazInAz]

41. The demo was the easy part.

Now he has to get the damned thing actually built!
And finish the grifting job to complete it...and skim off as many more millions as he can.

[littlemissmartypants]

28. BINGO!!!

[C_U_L8R]

3. Lil Mushroom wants to see a big one.

[popsdenver]

26. If they do this

Everyone down wind in Utah, had better pack up and leave the plume........

[BidenRocks]

4. Sit right here mr pResident.

[sheshe2]

5. The Dead Zone "The Missiles Are Flying"

[Bayard]

8. This clip has seemed applicable both times he's been in office,

And he's just insane enough to do it. Maybe that's the hurry on his new golden palace--to build a nuclear bunker under it.

[sheshe2]

13. I agree he is insane enough to do it...

and his people, handlers whatever you want to call them, they are insane enough to let him do just that.

[vapor2]

17. YES

[popsdenver]

25. He is insane

to think any bunker would survive a nuclear hit directly on it.........

I am sure Putin would consider a small tactical nuke, and now his puppet will consider it also.......

Trump keeps throwing shit at the wall, in hopes some of it sticks, to divert attention from Epstein and all the other shit Miller and Vought are doing in the shadows behind their smoke and mirrors.......

[Bluetus]

6. Simple. It is the only weapon we can make where we are not 100% dependent

on China. Some brilliant national leadership we've had these past 25 years to allow corporations to rape the public for profit while at the same time sending much of the wealth, brainpower, and know-how to China.

[yellow dahlia]

7. Yeah right, Kegsbreath - that's who I want in charge of this task.

[slightlv]

9. Of all the mean, cruel, idiotic things this sh*t has done, this one scares me the most.

I mean, when I read it I actually had the same kind of bad goosebumps go down my spine as I did seeing the demolished East Wing. He's going to nuke someone. He wants SO desperately to be King of this country.. and so badly to keep any kind of elections from happening... that he'll nuke someone, foreign or domestic, and then claim Insurrection Act status. He, or really... more likely, Miller and Kegsbreath... or up to something and none of it is good. Ever have that feeling when you know something drastic has to be done RIGHT NOW and you have no idea what it is and how you could do it? That's the hole I'm in...

[calimary]

29. I think there's a bunch of us in that same hole you're in, right now.

Maybe he thinks firing off a nuke might either shut all of us up, or gain him new fans?

[Mrsfiddlegirl]

10. Shutdown

Interesting since the teams protecting our nukes aren't getting paid right now. The Tangerine King has such impeccable timing.

[Blues Heron]

11. Trump has been salivating over nuking something it's a foregone conclusion the only wild card is what or who

[Blasphemer]

12. Someone needs to get the nuclear codes away from this menace. nt

[yorkster]

14. X1000

[Marie Marie]

16. I may be wrong but I thought Congress passed a bill during his first term limiting his ability

to use nukes without congressional approval. I guess they were all freaked out by how many times he mentioned nuking some place. Could be wrong or I am right and the Republicans will give him the green light or he will just do whatever the Hell he wants anyway.

[vapor2]

40. But he is blowing up boats off Venezuela without the permission of congress so.......

[LudwigPastorius]

21. Unfortunately, I think he's fired every combatant commander who would stop him.

...and Hegseth would probably be drunk under his desk when Trump activated the Permissive Action Link.

[purr-rat beauty]

18. Um; this is too much

Wtf

[amerikat]

19. I would guess that Putin

Doesn't trust his nukes and wants to test a few. Trump doesn't ever do anything for the US.

[waterwatcher123]

22. Dipstick Donnie does not seem to get the part about radio-active fallout.

[Old Crank]

23. Same reason

He used the big bombs in Iran.
What's the use of having toys if you can't play with them.

[Jimi du Ranty]

37. By bombing Iran, he has invited other countries to bomb us.

So I won't bother painting the house.

[John1956PA]

24. In his first term, Trump mused, "What good are nuclear weapons if they are not used?"

[pat_k]

27. Gee, it's not like we stopped testing in 1992 to pave the way for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty....

... or anything worthwhile like that.

So, instead of leading by example and continuing to pressure the hold-out nations to sign, it's now "If you can't beat em, join em" ?

I want the America back that aspired to build a more perfect union and promote values of global citizenship here and abroad. Sure, our progress on those aspirations was too slow, but Trump's America is barreling headlong into evil empire status.

[littlemissmartypants]

30. Unfortunately, the Republican leadership at the time...

Failed to pass the bill.

The Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty was never ratified in part because of Trent Lott. Remember him?

[pat_k]

31. Oh god. Of course. But every president since Clinton signed it has observed the moratorium.

I believe Trump is hellbent on ending the moratorium by carrying out full-yield tests, and thereby erase any good that came out of the efforts of the hated Clintons.

[littlemissmartypants]

32. Trent Lott worked for Russian interests after he retired.

We are naive to think that a promise and a handshake will ever be enough ever again. Then or now.

[pat_k]

34. I think I blocked out the national shame of that failure to ratify.

[littlemissmartypants]

35. It really is a national shame, pat_k. ❤️

[littlemissmartypants]

33. And actually the treaty has origins back to the end of WWII.

So, hatred for the Clintons may be a factor for the rotten mango. But the Republicans had their eyes on the nuclear weapons prize much further back than that.

[Grokenstein]

36. "Testing" for what, exactly? Everyone knows we have them.

Presumably, they are maintained in working order--if we haven't fired or deported all the people responsible.

Give Nevada a break, though. There need to be new testing sites. I propose Mar-a-Lago! And the bunker under what used to be the East Wing.

[sinkingfeeling]

38. Which 'other countries' are testing nukes?

[muriel_volestrangler]

43. Last test I can find was North Korea in 2017. Maybe his pals Putin and Kim, or Xi, have told him they're about to test

because they want him to feel small. But I think it's more likely that he's feeling impotent (in every sense) and needs nuclear Viagra, so is just bullshitting about others' "plans".

[mdbl]

39. This is an accident waiting to happen

Stupid people with big weapons are not a good match.

[vapor2]

42. PLZ HELP! I am in panic mode

Live in NV, planning to leave anyone but will we be able to sell our house? Hubby worked at the test site so who knows what he was exposed to?