All posts tagged "Nuclear Weapons"

A classified U.S. intelligence assessment has found that Saudi Arabia has not ruled out building a nuclear weapons program, cutting against President Donald Trump's pitch for a deal that could let the kingdom enrich its own uranium.

The assessment was part of classified documents sent to Congress last month, U.S. officials told The Washington Post. The same documents included input from the State Department, which, according to the officials, put more faith in the agreement's protections and in Riyadh's pledges.

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said the United States shouldn't take Riyadh at its word....

President Donald Trump's hardening stance on Iran has rattled even senior Republican officials and generals in his own Department of Defense, with one calling him "a madman who can't be trusted," according to an insider.

Veteran White House reporter Brian Karem, in a report for Raw America, identified how Trump has been weighing using nuclear weapons against Iran over the past two months.

"One unnamed Pentagon official confided to Raw America that the president’s threat that 'a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,' which he posted to his Truth Social early last month, was seen as particularly alarming within the DoD," Karem wrote....

The internet was shocked on Wednesday after President Donald Trump appeared to reverse his stance on Iran having nuclear weapons — a key point he argued for launching the war.

The president was boarding Air Force One and heading to Paris when he spoke about Iran's nuclear program. Trump had spent the last several days at the G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, with world leaders and discussed the agreement.

"I'm saying that if other countries have them, it's a little unfair for them not to have some," Trump said....

President Donald Trump fired back at a reporter who asked if his recent social media posts about destroying Iran are also a threat to use nuclear weapons in the conflict.

"Why would I use a nuclear weapon? Why would a stupid question like that be asked?" Trump fired back in the Oval Office on Thursday when a reporter asked him to explain his social media posts threatening Iran. "Why would I use a nuclear weapon when we've totally, in a very conventional way, decimated them without it? No, I wouldn't use it. A nuclear weapon should never be allowed to be used by anybody."

The reporter was cut off before she could read out which social media posts by the president sound nuclear. Trump had a confusing and ominous Easter post where he told Iran, "Open the [expletive] Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."...

Vice President JD Vance suggested that Iran had the desire to blow up grocery stores with nuclear suicide vests.

During a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Vance praised the U.S. military strikes on Iran for creating options for negotiations.

"What we have now that we didn't have when the president took over just a little over a year ago is the ability to use every tool at our disposal to ensure that Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon," he explained. "Because when I say options, I think it's important the American people know, options, and it's options to ensure that Iran never has a nuclear weapon."...

President Donald Trump doubled-down on his claim that he knows better than his national intelligence team.

During a tarmac press gaggle, Trump was asked about his administration's intelligence.

"It looked like I'm right about the material that they've gathered already," Trump said. "It's a tremendous amount of material, and I think within a matter of weeks, or certainly within a matter of months, they're going to be able to have a nuclear weapon. We can't let that happen."...