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Trump Allies’ Plan To Build More Nuclear Weapons — Your Call 10am PT

I’m guest hosting today’s Your Call at 10am PT, when we’ll discuss what Donald Trump’s return to the White House means for US nuclear policy and worldwide anti-proliferation efforts.

The US has over 5,000 nuclear warheads, according to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Just one of those bombs could destroy a city. Trump’s allies want to build more.

Project 2025, the playbook led by the Heritage Foundation to guide Trump’s second term, recommends significantly ramping up the nation’s nuclear arsenal. It also wants Trump to pave the way to restart nuclear bomb testing in Nevada — something the US hasn’t done since 1992.

Our guest will be national security expert Joe Cirincione, who writes that we’re embarking on a new and dangerous nuclear era worldwide, one in which Trump will once again have “the unfettered ability to launch nuclear weapons whenever he wants, for whatever reason.”

Mr. Cirincione is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, former president of Ploughshares Fund, and author of “Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late.”

Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live at 10am PT. What comments or questions do you have for our guest? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!