Hillary Clinton responded to reports that President Trump suggested the United States should consider using nuclear weapons to stop hurricanes.
“We should not nuke hurricanes,” the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate said Monday.
We should not nuke hurricanes.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 26, 2019
On Sunday, Axios reported Trump had suggested to several national security officials that the administration to look into using nuclear warheads to breakup hurricanes.
“I got it. I got it. Why don’t we nuke them?” one source said, paraphrasing the president. “They start forming off the coast of Africa, as they’re moving across the Atlantic, we drop a bomb inside the eye of the hurricane and it disrupts it. Why can’t we do that?”
“You could hear a gnat fart in that meeting,” the source said.
Trump responded to the report saying it was “Fake News!”
The story by Axios that President Trump wanted to blow up large hurricanes with nuclear weapons prior to reaching shore is ridiculous. I never said this. Just more FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2019
Jonathan Swan who wrote the piece defended his story, “I stand by every word in the story. He said this in at least two meetings during the first year and a bit of the presidency, and one of the conversations was memorialized.”
I stand by every word in the story. He said this in at least two meetings during the first year and a bit of the presidency, and one of the conversations was memorialized. https://t.co/5qs8o1k4QS
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) August 26, 2019
