Experts Warn Against Trump’s 11.8% Spending Increase On Nuclear Weapons

WASHINGTON, DC — Earlier today, the White House released its $4.7 trillion budget plan, which would increase spending on nuclear weapons by $12.4 billion, an 11.8% increase over fiscal year 2019. The budget includes a specific focus on completing production of new “low-yield” nuclear missiles in the upcoming fiscal year.

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In reaction to the budget, Derek Johnson, executive director of Global Zero, the international movement for the elimination of nuclear weapons, issued the following statement:

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“By pursuing the production of these weapons, the Trump administration is fueling a new arms race with Russia and undermining global and crisis stability — increasing the risk that nuclear weapons will be used again. The first use of nuclear weapons, no matter the size, runs an unacceptably high risk of escalation to all-out nuclear war.

“Congress should immediately reject this proposed spending increase for dangerous new weapons, but addressing the root risk of nuclear use requires a seismic shift in nuclear policy — beginning first and foremost with passage of the No First Use Act which would commit the United States to never use nuclear weapons first in any circumstance.”