President Trump dismissed as “ridiculous” a report that he proposed detonating nuclear bombs inside hurricanes to weaken the storms before they make landfall along U.S. shorelines
President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed as “ridiculous” a report that he proposed detonating nuclear bombs inside hurricanes to weaken the storms before they make landfall along U.S. shorelines.
Trump also reportedly talked about bombing hurricanes on a second occasion with a senior administration official, according to a 2017 National Security Council memo describing the conversation. That memo does not clarify whether the president was referring to nuclear weapons, according to Axios.
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