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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI think they had an out in the first place, but this one is even better. I read Trump’s post as, “Since everybody else is doing it, I’m ordering tit-for-tat testing.” He thinks it’s the 80s and we’re behind on testing. “…because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis…”
I think they had an out in the first place, but this one is even better.
I read Trump’s post as, “Since everybody else is doing it, I’m ordering tit-for-tat testing.” He thinks it’s the 80s and we’re behind on testing.
“…because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis…”