During his first year in office, Trump has shattered the cautious and history-burdened way we used to discuss nuclear weapons. Trump begins the new year with a bizarre Twitter storm Kim Jong Un’s gesture could drive wedge between South Korea and Trump Explaining Trump’s ‘nuclear button’ threat. For that reason, several nations have committed to not using nuclear weapons first. U.S. President Donald Trump said if North Korea escalates the nuclear threat, "they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen." But analysts fear that his response to that pressure may normalize the possible future use of nuclear weapons to a dangerous extent.

Source: thestar January 03, 2018 16:41 UTC