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Whistleblower explains the real reason Trump wants to use a nuclear weapon

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Over the course of his war with Iran , President Donald Trump has made inflammatory remarks that many have suggested implied his intention to use nuclear weapons . Now a whistleblower from his first term warns that he “watched Donald Trump talk about nuclear weapons like they were presidential toys,” and that “he may be closer to playing with them than you think.” This is according to Miles Taylor , who served as deputy chief of staff at the Department of National Security during Trump’s first administration, at the time famously penning an anonymous article revealing the existence of a resistance movement working within the White House. On Monday, he published a new piece explaining why Trump has a “fixation” with using nuclear weapons. “Last week,” writes Taylor, “the president told Axios he was ‘close’ to ordering a ‘massive attack’ on Iran … The threat had the same ominous feel of his April comments that ‘a whole civilization will die tonight.’ It was an insinuation that he possess

First report: Iran’s New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says — nytimes.com, 18d