Donald Trump has expressed no interest in the subject. Before taking office, his knowledge of nuclear weapons was worse than rudimentary. During one of the presidential debates, Trump made it clear that he had no idea what the nuclear triad meant (launch capabilities from air, land and sea). He is also the first US president to have openly speculated about using them. ‘Somebody hits us within Isis – you wouldn’t fight back with a nuke?’ he said in one campaign interview.18 While Trump is president, global proliferation is almost certain to get worse. Indeed, he has expressly called for a new
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