6,000 warheads. Seven minutes to launch. Trump’s finger on the nuclear button.
One person. Seven minutes. Planetary destruction. That’s the nuclear reality Paul Rieckhoff and legendary arms control expert Joe Cirincione lay out in this replay — a conversation that hits even harder as Trump wages economic war on Canada, America mourns Dolly Parton, and the MAGA machine’s grip on the nuclear football looms over every headline. If you think the Cold War ended, think again.
The Cold War is over. The weapons are not. The United States and Russia still hold roughly 6,000 nuclear warheads each — most on…
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