‘Let it be an arms race, we will outmatch them at every pass’: Trump doubles down after tweeting U.S. should ‘expand’ its nuke capability
Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that he’s like to see the country ‘strengthen and expand its nuclear capability’
On Friday, incoming press secretary Sean Spicer defended Trump’s unexpected gambit
During a commercial break, Spicer put MSNBC host Mike Brzezinski on the phone with the president-elect, who she says told her ‘let it be an arms race’
Trump’s tweet comes on the heels of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech in which the leader called for a strengthening of ‘strategic nuclear forces’
During the presidential campaign Trump hinted that he might upend the country’s long held nuclear weapons policies
By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor
DailyMail.com
23 December 2016
President-elect Donald Trump raised the stakes on a potential new nuclear buildup Friday morning, telling MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski that he would welcome a costly new nuclear buildup if rival nations want to try to match the United States.
Trump’s incoming press secretary, Sean Spicer, appeared on MNSBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ to defend Trump’s unexpected and tweet on Thursday that the U.S. should ‘expand its nuclear capability.’
During a commercial break for the show, Spicer put Trump on the phone with cohost Mika Brzezinski. When the show was back on the air, cohost Joe Scarborough asked Brzezinski what Trump had told her.
‘The president-elect told you what?’ asked cohost Joe Scarborough.
‘Let it be an arms race, we will outmatch them at every pass,’ Trump responded.
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