Gone, it seems, are the days when the phrase “going nuclear” was meant figuratively.
Since the beginning of the year and the inauguration of the second Trump administration, an increasing number of Washington’s closest allies have begun to throw quiet — and sometimes not so quiet — fits about whether they can still count on the decades-old nuclear deterrent capability of the United States.
Few places feel that uncertainty more keenly than South Korea.
It’s bad to have nuclear weapons. The US has nuclear weapons so the US is bad.
It’s OK if the US promises to defend us with them but we’re just too pure to ever acquire them in Canada’s defense.
