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EP10 Strangelove Whisperings

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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Nuclear Weapons Are Still Here, but What Will People Do About It?

I think people maybe were a little complacent because they felt like the person in power would never violate whatever. It's almost like you had to get somebody that shattered that sense of trust to maybe give the right amount of attention to a commanding control problem. The new defense budget that Trump just put out has $29 billion devoted to nuclear weapons and the things that carry them. That was about a 17% increase over the previous year.

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