Trump Orders the Pentagon to Resume Nuclear Testing

Thursday, October 30, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump, ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, said he has instructed the Department of Defense to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons on an "equal basis" with other nuclear powers.

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Explainer: Nuclear testing: Why did it stop, why test and who has nuclear weapons? reut.rs/42ZHKgI

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-- Reuters (@reuters.com) Oct 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM

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Why didn't Fat Smelvis nuke Hurricane Melissa?

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-30 01:24 AM

Dummkopf Trumpf is a deeply stupid man who is now beset by dementia and his supporters adulate him.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-30 06:47 AM

One more sign of how unstable and unsafe Trump is making our world.

Why we let that rabid dog into our house to take a sh-- and bite the children will be the subject of countless doctoral dissertations.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-30 08:08 AM

Russia and China aren't testing their weapons(though they might after the US does), so what's the "equal basis"?

#4 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-10-30 12:44 PM

We're going to create untold tons of radioactive waste just to satisfy the whim of a tyrant. Disgusting.

#5 | Posted by qcp at 2025-10-30 01:13 PM

... A senior Russian lawmaker has warned that any U.S. move to resume nuclear weapons testing"halted since 1992"would trigger a destabilizing chain reaction, accusing Washington of undermining global strategic stability and violating the spirit of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. ...

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-30 01:22 PM

Give the man a noble peace prize already.

Just to keep the world safe from him.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-30 01:22 PM

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