Posted on 07/25/2020 5:22:37 AM PDT by Eddie01
White House officials held a series of discussions over the past two years on the possibility of resuming US nuclear testing, according to the former national security adviser John Bolton.
“Certainly the subject was discussed,” Bolton, a fierce advocate of testing, told the Guardian. However, there was opposition from some in the administration who felt current computer-based testing of US warheads was sufficient, and no decision was made by the time Bolton left the White House last September.
When the prospect of the first US underground nuclear test in nearly three decades came up at a White House meeting in May, it triggered an outcry from arms control advocates and a Democratic amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, blocking funding for preparations for a test.
Bolton, who has published a memoir on his time in the Trump White House titled The Room Where It Happened, said the issue was discussed in general terms on a number of occasions while he was national security adviser from April 2018 to September 2019.
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If Bolton was willing to publish this, how much money did he make selling information to foreign governments while on the job?
I recall reading that in the news, actually. That was part of Trump wanting to pull out of the treaty that included a moratorium on nuclear testing and the press said as much that this was to allow nuclear testing again.
Bet Bolton was the one that leaked that to the press to begin with.
He needs to be silenced.
Can we “test” one on Portland?
“Bet Bolton was the one that leaked that to the press to begin with.“
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Absolutely...without a doubt in my mind.
For a new presidency all options and a review of old polices are always under review - WHAT A DUMB*ss!
I recommend Tsar Bomba.
Sore loser trying to push his failed book.
Apparently not enough or he wouldn’t be hawking this stupid book.
We don’t need nuclear testing because we spend 5 times as much on defense as China and Russia and therefore WE ARE INVINCIBLE...at least according to many here.
They “hold talks” about a lot of things, why give this Bolton guy any space here.
Bolton is attempting to be “the gift that keeps on giving” to the Dims.
Good grief...it was all over the news for a few months and not as a leak.
Exactly. This has to be regular protocol, right?
What a dipstick! Any president who DOESN’T discuss ANY AND ALL nuclear issues belongs back home, not in the White House.
Who the hell cares what Bolton says?
Our enemies, foreign and domestic?
Barack Obama had taken nuclear weapons (even in response to a nuclear strike on our land) off the table.
Barack Obama also was against any new weapons development.
Barack Obama also wanted to take our nuclear arsenal down to ZERO.
Barack Obama also let the Russians tour our missile sites.
It’s the only way to be sure.
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