Report Shows Commander-in-Chief Wants Exponential Nuclear Weapons Increase
Just six days ago White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters President Donald Trump is “an incredible advocate of the First Amendment.” Just minutes ago President Donald Trump threatened the broadcasting license of NBC, for an NBC News report that found in July Trump told his top national security officials he wanted a tenfold increase in the number of nuclear weapons in America’s arsenal.
The First Amendment is very clear. Assuming the president has never read it, here it is:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
The president, according to reports, has been furious about the news Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had called him a “moron” this summer. The NBC News report reveals Tillerson’s remark came just after and in response to Trump telling the Pentagon of his desires to exponentially increase the nation’s nuclear capabilities.Â
Trump’s war on the press, as many on social media noted in the wake of his tweets Wednesday morning, is approaching fascism.
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