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Why Does Trump Want to Spend Billions on New Nukes?
A DANGEROUS PATH
The Trump administration wants to build thousands of plutonium cores. It’s a statement to the world that it not only doesn’t mind runaway nuclear rearmament, it’s planning for it.
David Axe
Published
Feb. 12 2020
4:22AM EST
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
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