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Donald Trump wants to end nuclear weapons funding

 “THERE’S no reason for us to be building brand-new nuclear weapons, we
already have so many you could destroy the world 50 times over, 100 times
over … We’re all spending a lot of money that we could be spending on
other things that are actually, hopefully much more productive.”

The quoted statement is a sensible one. Indeed, it broadly aligns with Scottish
CND’s longstanding case against nuclear weapons: that the exorbitant
expenditure on building weapons that would be illegal ever to use is sheer
waste, and that our society could be profoundly regenerated by investing
such resources in the public sphere.

But the above quote is not a Scottish
CND press release. In fact, these are the words of US president Donald
Trump, spoken to reporters in the Oval Office only last week. At that same
meeting with the press, Trump also mentioned his hopes to meet with the
presidents of China and Russia: “And I want to say, ‘let’s cut our
military budget in half’. And we can do that. And I think we’ll be able
to.”

 The National 21st Feb 2025, https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24952282.donald-trump-wants-end-nuclear-weapons-funding-listen/

February 22, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war