Trump Demands Nuclear Tests, Media Forgets History Repeats Itself
The Guardian World reports Trump's Truth Social post, where he declares the US Department of Defense must 'start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis' because of 'other countries testing programs.' This isn't a new script. For decades, the US has positioned itself as responding to perceived threats, consistently driving a global arms race. While the media frames this as a new, Trump-era
development, it's a worn playbook. The US conducted over a thousand nuclear tests between 1945 and 1992, often justifying them with similar rhetoric of 'maintaining parity' or 'deterrence.' One might wonder if the Pentagon’s nuclear-industrial complex isn't silently cheering on this 'immediate' directive, ensuring continuous funding regardless of who sits in the Oval Office. How many more
'threats' must be 'matched' before the planet reaches critical mass?