“I think [Trump] lacks knowledge of the world, and knowledge of nuclear weapons and the consequences of their use. “This is particularly dangerous in South Korea, where there is a significant group of people who think Seoul should be more independent of Washington and acquire nuclear weapons. Asked about Japan or South Korea building nuclear weapons, Trump said ‘have a good time’. Doing so could isolate the US and potentially trigger a nuclear arms race in the Gulf. “Republicans love nuclear weapons reductions, as long as they’re not proposed by a Democratic president,” Kristensen wrote on an FAS blog“That is the lesson from decades of US nuclear weapons and arms control management.

Source: The Guardian November 11, 2016 11:15 UTC