UN rejects ‘disastrous’ nuclear testing after Trump floats restarting exercises

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The United Nations took a swipe at President Donald Trump for saying the United States will start “testing our nuclear weapons,” a move that provoked global uncertainty and international outcry. 

“We shouldn’t forget the disastrous legacy of over 2,000 nuclear-weapons tests that have been carried out over the last 80 years,” U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters on Thursday. 

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