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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump and Putin agree: Let's revive the nuclear arms race.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/22/donald-trump-and-vladimir-putin-agree-lets-revive-the-nuclear-arms-race/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.09e6acac827dPutin: "We need to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces, epecially with misslie complexes that can reliably penetrate any existing and potential missile defense systems." In other words, Russia needs to ensure that it's arsenal of nuclear weapons can avoid interception by the enemy.
Right after the speech, Trump tweeted about expanding the US arsenal:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/811977223326625792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
He's a traitor.
global1
(25,242 posts)which leaves them open to getting back to making nuclear weapons. That ought to please Israel - huh?
We're on the road to extinction and Trump is moving us there.
Generator
(7,770 posts)Is this the end times the fundies are dreaming of? I just don't know why someone sane isn't stopping this freak. Why? Are all Republicons insane too? I know they are corrupt-do they not love their own children?
Caliman73
(11,736 posts)The US and NATO have been working to install a missile defense system in Eastern and Southern Europe, supposedly to intercept potential launches from Iran, but with the advent of the Iran Nuclear deal, they are still proceeding with it. Putin believes (with some validity) that the system is designed to circumvent their nuclear deterrent and has said so, publicly, a few times. Obama submitted a request for up to 1 trillion dollars to upgrade the US's arsenal, so things are ratcheting up anyway. Trump is just a hamfisted idiot who thinks he has the smarts to play with the big boys but clearly does not.