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President Trump says he wants to resume nuclear testing

In a post on Truth Social this week, President Trump said he has instructed the Department of War to start testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with other countries.

Jim Walsh, Here & Now‘s international security contributor, joins host Tiziana Dearing to discuss what this may mean.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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