{"id":61229,"date":"2016-12-23T10:46:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T14:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=61229"},"modified":"2016-12-23T10:54:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T14:54:53","slug":"trump-doubles-down-on-nukes-let-it-be-an-arms-race-well-outlast-them-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=61229","title":{"rendered":"Trump Doubles Down On Nukes: &#8220;Let It Be An Arms Race, We&#8217;ll Outlast Them All&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this morning, president-elect Trump appeared on MSNBC&#8217;s Morning Joe to discuss the following tweet he sent out yesterday calling for an expanded nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by co-host Mika Brzezinski to clarify the tweet, Trump gave a response that she, nor anyone else for that matter, was expecting.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cLet it be an arms race, we will outmatch them at every pass \u2026 and outlast them all.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MorningJoe?src=hash\">#MorningJoe<\/a> warns Trump: CIA can cut your administration to shreds with leaks \u2013 and they will <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/0kT0p3LF7h\">http:\/\/t.co\/0kT0p3LF7h<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/jas2dVxzFK\">pic.twitter.com\/jas2dVxzFK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Raw Story (@RawStory) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RawStory\/status\/808725797259399168\">December 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump&#8217;s newly appointed Press Secretary, <strong>Sean Spicer, appeared on the Today Show to calm the nerves of an anxious Matt Lauer<\/strong> who asked whether Trump was planning to<strong> &#8220;reverse 40 years of policy in this country.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201c[T]here\u2019s not going to be [an arms race] because he is going to ensure that other countries get the message<\/strong> he is not going to sit back and allow that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhat\u2019s going to happen is they will all come to their senses<\/strong> and we will all be just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther countries need to be put on notice that he is not going to sit back and allow them to undermine our safety, our sovereignty.\u00a0 <strong>He is going to match other countries and take action.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH &#8220;We\u2019re not going to sit back as a country and allow other countries to expand their nuclear capability.&#8221; &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/seanspicer\">@seanspicer<\/a> re: Trump tweets <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/V85jLsyjcs\">pic.twitter.com\/V85jLsyjcs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/812270726560575488\">December 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-12-22\/trump-calls-expansion-us-nuclear-capability-hours-after-putin-urges-russia-do-same\">As we noted yesterday<\/a>, Trump&#8217;s calls to strengthen the U.S. nuclear arsenal comes just as Vladimir Putin has urged for Russia to do the same. Here is what we said yesterday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\"><\/div>\n<p>In a curious convergence of superpower opinions, earlier on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/putin-calls-strengthening-russias-military-nuclear-potential-101800687.html\">called for the country <\/a>to reinforce its military nuclear potential. In a speech that recapped military activities in 2016, Putin said the army&#8217;s preparedness has &#8220;considerably increased&#8221; and called for continued improvement that would ensure it can &#8220;neutralise any military threat&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;We need to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces, especially with missile complexes that can reliably penetrate any existing and prospective missile defence systems,&#8221; the Russian president\u00a0said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He added that Russia &#8220;must carefully monitor any changes in the balance of power and in the political-military situation in the world, especially along Russian borders, and quickly adapt plans for neutralising threats to our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2016\/11\/29\/Part-PAR-Par3142070-1-1-0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2016\/11\/29\/Part-PAR-Par3142070-1-1-0_0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With that, we have a sneaking suspicion that &#8220;Rocky 24: Balboa vs. Drago &#8211; The Rematch&#8221; was just approved for production.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-12-23\/trump-doubles-down-nukes-let-it-be-arms-race\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-12-23\/trump-doubles-down-nukes-let-it-be-arms-race<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}