Video: Why Donald Trump’s nuclear question isn’t as crazy as you think

Published August 10, 2016 5:40pm ET



Donald Trump sent national security experts and others into a frenzy last month when TV host Joe Scarborough relayed a story he had heard that made the GOP nominee sound eager to use nuclear weapons.

In the story, which the campaign has denied, Trump reportedly asked what the point of having nuclear weapons was if the U.S. won’t use them.

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