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Fact Check: No, Trump Did Not Modernize U.S. Nukes
Amid growing anxiety about North Korea’s nuclear weapon capabilities, President Donald Trump tweeted on Wednesday that one of the first things he did on assuming the presidency was to "modernize" the nation's nuclear arsenal.
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My first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before....
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...Hopefully we will never have to use this power, but there will never be a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world!
But there’s no evidence that the president has upgraded the nation’s nuclear arsenal in his mere seven months in office.
What’s more, because of how Congress works, any changes the president could have made to the nuclear arsenal could not take effect before next year anyway. In fact, the arsenal Trump is boasting about is the one maintained by President Barack Obama.
Let’s break it down and review the facts.
Trump ordered a rebuilding of the American military and assessing its readiness on January 27th, a week into office. In that order, Trump called for a "Nuclear Posture Review," an analysis designed to help the new administration understand its existing arsenal and how it meets strategic needs.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-no-trump-did-not-modernize-u-s-nukes-n791286
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