BREAKING: Trump’s Latest DANGEROUS Tweet Is About Nuclear Weapons (VIDEO)

Donald Trump scares the living daylights of every American with a working cerebral cortex.

Like me.

In addition to stepping up his rhetoric about banning and registering Muslims, the unbalanced President-elect is also rattling the sabers he hasn’t even taken charge of yet.

In a chilling and inexplicable tweet this morning, Donald Trump stated that the United States has to have more nuclear weapons.

Trump gave no explanation for suddenly deciding to call for expanding our nuclear arsenal. However, CNN reports that Vladimir Putin of Russia announced that he intends to build up his country’s nuclear weapons. We don’t know if Trump’s tweet indicates agreement with Russia’s plan, or is a reaction to it.

The Huffington Post reports that over the next 30 years, the U. S. is scheduled to spend over $1 trillion to update nuclear weapons. There is no mention of expanding our nuclear capabilities.

During the campaign, Trump made dangerous and seemingly uninformed comments about other countries having nuclear weapons. He suggested that perhaps Japan should have nuclear arms to counter the threat of China. He said that Saudi Arabia needs nukes to defend against Iran.

These kinds of casual, reckless comments about nuclear weapons threaten the entire world. It’s incomprehensible that a world leader would use Twitter to announce to our allies and our enemies alike that he plans to beef up our nuclear arsenal.

What kind of responses will this provoke from Trump’s buddy Putin in Russia? What kind of reaction will we see from China, or North Korea.

The closer we get to the moment when this impulsive, immature man-child has his fingers on the nuclear triggers, the more obvious it is that he is totally unprepared for that responsibility.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0yd3JQ9iyQ

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Karen is a retired elementary school teacher with many years of progressive activism behind her. She is the proud mother of three young adults who were all arrested with Occupy Wall Street. To see what she writes about in her spare time, check out her blog at "Empty Nest, Full Life"