At the height of the Cold War America had 31, 255 nuclear weapons as of today: There are 4,480. Donald Trump a man with little understanding of any governmental policy had said during the campaign that he wanted to increase America's nuclear arsenal. At a Pentagon meeting this past July he asked for a tenfold increase in these weapons. Forgetting for the moment that any increase would violate several treaties which America is a signatory to along several international laws the question remains. What would Donald Trump hope to achieve by doing this? A return to the Cold War. A nuclear arms race or maybe in his childish dreams a chance to unleash these awful weapons upon the world.
On 31 July 1991 the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (Start) was signed by the United States and the former Soviet Union. The treaty allowed each country maintain a force of 1,600 inter continental ballistic missiles with 6,000 warheads. The U.S. is also a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty with the world's other nuclear powers. The treaty was intended to prevent the spread of nuclear arms.
On 31 July 1991 the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (Start) was signed by the United States and the former Soviet Union. The treaty allowed each country maintain a force of 1,600 inter continental ballistic missiles with 6,000 warheads. The U.S. is also a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty with the world's other nuclear powers. The treaty was intended to prevent the spread of nuclear arms.
Trump’s comments, the officials said, came in response to a briefing slide he was shown that charted the steady reduction of U.S. nuclear weapons since the late 1960s. Trump indicated he wanted a bigger stockpile, not the bottom position on that downward-sloping curve.
According to the officials present, Trump’s advisers, among them the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, were surprised. Officials briefly explained the legal and practical impediments to a nuclear buildup and how the current military posture is stronger than it was at the height of the build-up. In interviews, they told NBC News that no such expansion is planned.
Donald Trump had no idea that the Unites States had signed agreements which has led to a reaction in its nuclear arsenal.
“If he were to increase the numbers, the Russians would match him, and the Chinese” would ramp up their nuclear ambitions, Joe Cirincione, a nuclear expert and MSNBC contributor, said, referring to the president.
It's difficult to establish or imagine just how uneducated Donald Trump really is. He lacks curiosity and is completely uninterested in learning about the current issues facing the United States. Instead he's worried about his ratings as if he's doing the Apprentice.
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