Friday, December 23, 2016

Let there be an arms race - Trump to MSNBC

Let it be an arms race, Donald Trump is telling MSNBC.

The president-elect surprised many by tweeting earlier that the U.S. must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability.

Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff has an update:

IN: "Let it be...
OUT:  SOC
DUR: 38


Arms control campaigner Joe Cirincione of the Ploughshares Fund warns an arms race between the U.S. and Russia could develop.

IN: "This is how...
OUT: ...few decades."
DUR: 38


Ploughshares Fund's Joe Cirincione says the focus should be on reducing nuclear weapons, not expanding anyone's arsenal.

IN: "This could be...
OUT: ...we don't need."
DUR: 25


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