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Friday, October 16, 2026

The move will force a vote on the agreement after the midterm elections, though it faces steep odds in the Republican-controlled Congress even amid bipartisan concern about the deal.

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The U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal is about megatons, not megawatts. Trump should not be sharing nuclear bomb technology with a nation that U.S. intelligence says may want nuclear weapons. This is the starting gun for a Middle East nuclear arms race. We must reject this dangerous deal.

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-- Senator Ed Markey (@markey.senate.gov) 2:15 PM · Oct 15, 2026

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Trump and his gang clearly believe in the law of the jungle over the rule of law. Once Israel introduced nuclear weapons of mass destruction into the Middle East, it was only a matter of time before principals in the Sunni (Saudi) - Shia (Iran) civil war gear up for...one doesn't expect that MAD, mutual assured destruction will work around suicidal regimes.
If I had a Time Machine and could go forward a hundred years, I would bet that the nuclear exchange that surely will be the result of the world's adopting the law of the jungle starts in the Middle East.

#1 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-10-17 06:26 AM | Reply

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