Can the Trump administration pick up on North Korea’s subtext?
nuclear weapons
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The Perils of a Paper Tiger Presidency
Trump is fixated on projecting strength, so liberals should double down on efforts to reveal his weaknesses.
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Who Is More Trustworthy, Trump or the Iranian Regime?
Iran has been abiding by the nuclear arms agreement. Trump wants to sabotage it.
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We Can’t Afford a Mentally Unfit Commander in Chief
David Petraeus is wrong. It matters whether or not Donald Trump is mentally ill.
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What Trump Doesn’t Know Could Hurt Us
This president loves nothing more than to bloviate on things he is ignorant about.
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Worst. Negotiator. Ever.
Donald Trump’s nuclear arms gambit shows he’s a loser.
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The Man in Charge of Our Nuclear Weapons
Rick Perry is unprepared to be the energy secretary.
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Reagan, Trump, and the Nuclear Codes
What Reagan’s intel briefings can tell us about nuclear strategy.
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Trump’s Team Doesn’t Seem to Know Which Agency Is Responsible for Nuclear Security
He previously said this is the biggest problem our country faces.
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Emotional Rescue
Are progressives and Democrats overestimating just how many conservatives and Republicans will support Donald Trump in the privacy of the voting booth? Yes, as Salon’s Heather Digby Parton has observed, it is profoundly disturbing to see conservatives and Republicans falling in line behind Trump merely because of political tribalism. Yet the general election is still […]
