Originally Posted by thenetworkbabe:
“Trump isn't going to do anything new that isn't already in Obama's nuclear replacement programme . The problem iis that US current weapons need replacing - they are 20- 56 years old , and already planned to last till they are 42 to 80 years old.
But Obama has that all covered, already, with programmes to replace everything . If Trump tries to expand the force as well , he breaks the arms control treaties, and will find out that you can't buy what you haven't yet developed. If he tries, he's going to make the US fall behind the Russians - till the mid 2030s.”
“Trump isn't going to do anything new that isn't already in Obama's nuclear replacement programme . The problem iis that US current weapons need replacing - they are 20- 56 years old , and already planned to last till they are 42 to 80 years old.
But Obama has that all covered, already, with programmes to replace everything . If Trump tries to expand the force as well , he breaks the arms control treaties, and will find out that you can't buy what you haven't yet developed. If he tries, he's going to make the US fall behind the Russians - till the mid 2030s.”
I was watching a CBS News report on Trump's nuke tweet yesterday, in despair.
No mention of the existing arrangements and expenditure earmarked for the updating of existing nuclear weapon provision.
Not even speculation about who exactly Trump's comments were aimed at!
Just a couple of minutes of tortuous 'analysis' by some generic Republican 'strategist' trying to conjure up something sensible and flattering to say about Trump! All played out over a clip of Trump shaking hands with a few buzz-cut appointees, repeated again and again and again.
Mind-bendingly awful. He treats the press with such contempt and they lap it up and beg for more.
