Donald Trump wants to restart nuclear testing, in case you were hoping to get back into your insomnia habit – 19 explosive reactions
You can tell today ends in a Y, because Donald Trump has said something riddled with inaccuracies, which is also an enormous cause for concern.
JUST IN: Trump says he has instructed the Department of Defense to start testing our nuclear weapons pic.twitter.com/6onx00yJP9
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) October 30, 2025
Let’s see how that stands up to a fact check.
Nothing in here is correct. Russia's stockpile is larger than ours, by a small margin. Trump did not create a larger stockpile by "updating" in his first term. No nation except North Korea has tested nuclear weapons since the 1990s. pic.twitter.com/siLp8ihXCY
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 30, 2025
Normal for Trump, then.
It’s certainly enough to get people wondering where this is heading.
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The guy who sent live shells over California's busiest freeway and hit a police car wants to test our nuclear arsenal. What could go wrong? pic.twitter.com/1NaR2wlCro
— TheRealThelmaJohnson (@TheRealThelmaJ1) October 30, 2025
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In the middle of a “diplomacy tour,” Trump threatened to resume nuclear testing for the first time in 33 years in a social media post minutes before meeting with President Xi Jinping of China.
Nothing worse than straight up telling your opponent how small your dick is… pic.twitter.com/6h6H1iQrOw
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) October 30, 2025
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This. Also:
1. Our nuclear modernization started under Obama.
2. The only significant nuclear expansion under Trump was the low-yield W76 mod 2 submarine launched ballistic missile.
3. Testing nukes is fucking stupid. We don’t need to do it. https://t.co/0ONsbnpmj0
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) October 30, 2025
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A long-deranged and deeply depraved man with a pronouncedly and acceleratingly deteriorating mind announces that he intends to play with the large arsenal of nuclear weapons he controls.
But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term. pic.twitter.com/Nfb8RYvL8q
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) October 30, 2025
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What could possibly go wrong? An alcoholic and a dementia ridden clown who should be in a locked down assisted living facility, will be testing nuclear weapons. pic.twitter.com/JeiwC7ZQMc
— Marlene Robertson (@marlene4719) October 30, 2025
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Nuclear testing isn’t something you greenlight in a post, but turning national security into a fear show is how authoritarians rule. pic.twitter.com/8cvKRoR8Yu
— TheSteadyState (@steadystate2025) October 30, 2025
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BREAKING: Donald Trump just directed the Pentagon to test nuclear weapons before meeting with China.
The US has not conducted a nuclear test since 1992 and we must not resume. This is a reckless decision that will only make us less safe and lead to a new nuclear arms race.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) October 30, 2025
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BREAKING: US to start testing nuclear weapons again?
I'm confused. The "equal basis" is currently, zero?
China last tested a nuke in 1996.
Russia was 1990, when it was still the soviet union.
North Korea hasn't tested one since 2017.
Before that it was Pakistan and India in… pic.twitter.com/rbpylw0j0o— Dave Jones (@eevblog) October 30, 2025
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Are you trying to tell me the failed casino operator doesn't have a firm grasp on nuclear weapons policy?
— greg cantwell (@gregmcantwell) October 30, 2025
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President "No New Wars" is restarting NUCLEAR WEAPONS tests for the first time since the end of the Cold War… pic.twitter.com/994VHn0RK0
— Home of the Brave (@OfTheBraveUSA) October 30, 2025