US Ponders Nuclear Fallout, Ignores Its Own Arms Deals
While Trump 'appears to suggest' ending the nuclear test ban treaty (which the US hasn't ratified, by the way), the real story isn't the hypothetical mushroom cloud, but the actual fire in Yemen and Gaza, fueled by US-made weapons. The ABC piece omits how the US actively helps other non-signatory nations, like Israel, maintain undeclared nuclear arsenals, all while railing against Iranian
enrichment. (Israel has an estimated 90 nuclear warheads, according to the Federation of American Scientists, a fact rarely highlighted by mainstream media.) One might wonder if the concern about 'nuclear proliferation' is less about global safety and more about who gets to have the bigger stick—or, more accurately, who gets to export the biggest sticks for profit. Perhaps if the US ratified the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and pressured its allies to do the same, Trump wouldn't be 'appearing to suggest' such reckless escalation.