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      It is nominally a good thing. In the real world, however, I’d be working as hard as possible to ensure I had a nuclear program to discourage specifically Donald, Putin, and Elon

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    USA have absolutely abysmal records of upholding nuclear disarmament so IF it is even a serious proposition, the reason for it it’s the quickly incoming time when Minutemen missiles will have to be decomissioned while its replacement is so much overbudget and overtime that it seriously risk scrapping of entire project. Meaning the perspective USA will lose main part of its strategic armament is real.

    Also you never, ever trust USA on any nuclear deals.

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      Also let’s not forget that the US is literally hiring Elon Musk to help then “win” the nuclear war, their words not mine.

      How anyone can think their denuclearization proposal is in good faith is beyond me.

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      Americans are ruled by a politics of opposition. Anything Trump does, the opposite must be good. Anything Biden does, the opposite must be good. Nobody thinks about anything from scratch.

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    The man’s playing 4D chess with nukes again. Proposing to halve defense budgets while the world’s still a tinderbox—classic Trumpian audacity. Because inviting autocrats to a firesale on their only leverage is peak stability strategy.

    Russia’s already ditched New START, China’s sprinting toward nuclear parity, and here we are, recycling the same failed playbook. Arms control via vibes and handshakes—because trusting Putin and Xi to pinky-swear their way to disarmament worked so well last time.

    The math doesn’t lie: Cold War stockpiles could glass the planet a hundred times over. Modernizing them isn’t strategy—it’s a pissing contest funded by taxpayer dollars. But slashing budgets unilaterally? That’s not diplomacy; it’s naivety with a side of geopolitical Russian roulette.

    Maybe focus on not setting the Middle East and Ukraine ablaze first. Priorities, folks.