Devil's Cut | Nuclear Proliferation Under Donald Trump
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Who are the hosts of Truth in the Barrel and what is this episode about?
So welcome to Truth in the Barrel, where we discuss, or shall we say, distill down the important issues you need to understand. And we do this along with a little bit of whiskey. I'm Amy McGrath with my co-host Denver Riggleman, and this is our Devil's Cut episode. That whiskey looks really good. I tell you what, I wish I was drinking that with you right now. But Amy, you know, we're going to have some time to do that.
What are the recent headlines about nuclear proliferation under Trump?
So, I want to start this by reading to you three headlines, okay, just from the last week. Here's the first one, from the Financial Times. From Berlin to Tokyo, the fears of a new nuclear arms race. From The Economist, Europe thinks the unthinkable on a nuclear bomb. And from the Wall Street Journal, Trump prompts European calls for a homegrown nuclear umbrella. What the real headline should be, Denver, is this. Trump will likely be responsible for more countries gaining nuclear weapons. Das ist es, worüber ich heute sprechen möchte. Bevor wir das tun, müssen wir ein wenig zurückgehen und erklären, wo wir mit diesen Waffen sind. Denn es ist nicht etwas, über das wir normalerweise sprechen, richtig?
Ich meine, während der Koldauer gab es einen großen nuklearen Schreck, aber viele Leute denken nicht mehr wirklich über nukleare Waffen. Und ich denke, sie sollten.
What is the current state of nuclear weapons globally?
Ich meine, du und ich, als vorherer Militär, denke ich, dass wir viel über Kaskadeneffekte denken. Ja. Ja, das stimmt. Und nochmals, wenn wir einen Schritt zurückgehen, wissen wir, dass wir die Atomwaffen, die Atomwaffen auf Hiroshima und Nagasaki aufgenommen haben. Und seitdem haben neun Länder entwickelt oder nukleare Waffen gewonnen. Nur neun. Und wir werden darüber sprechen, warum. Aber ich denke, es ist wichtig zu erinnern, dass... The bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were relatively small in terms of warheads compared to what we have today. And I know, Denver, you were in the Air Force, and so the Air Force dealt a lot with these types of weapons, as does the Navy. But we have today thermonuclear weapons. And when I talk about this to my students on national security, I remind them that...
Wenn man sich die zerstörte Macht von Hiroshima und Nagasaki anschaut, das ist vielleicht die Größe einer Tennisballe. Wenn man sich die Thermonukleareinheiten, die wir heute haben, anschaut, wären sie die Größe einer Busse in Bezug auf Explosionskraft. You know, I was thinking about, you know, I was B1s, right? I was an intelligence officer on F-15s and F-16s, but B1s. And Amy, you know, even with scramjets, things like that, we look at something that can be launched, you know, from the belly of a bomber, right? It just absolutely, it overshadows what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on a level that's hard to comprehend. And just pure numbers, right, Amy? I mean, when you're looking at nuclear proliferation, and you probably know these numbers, I mean, you're talking about thousands of warheads, right? Weaponized warheads. Das kann an jedem Moment veröffentlicht werden.
Und ich denke, das ist das, was so interessant ist an dieser Administration, Amy, und warum du dachtest, ich denke, warum du dachtest, dass dies einer der wichtigsten Themen ist, die wir diskutieren, ist, dass diese Administration als eine Art von Fantasie-basierter oder eine Administration, die sogar letztlich wie Buffons aussieht, richtig, sie verabschieden sich tatsächlich. Our influence from Europe, from Asia, right? And when we specifically talk about China and Russia, those are very big influential countries that we're withdrawing from and withdrawing from the world stage with many countries having these nuclear warheads.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who are the hosts of Truth in the Barrel and what is this episode about?
0:39–1:07
2
What are the recent headlines about nuclear proliferation under Trump?
1:07–2:09
3
What is the current state of nuclear weapons globally?
2:09–6:57
4
How has the nuclear umbrella helped prevent proliferation?
6:57–12:12
5
Why is the nuclear umbrella under threat during the Trump administration?
12:12–13:53
6
What are the implications of the U.S. withdrawing support from NATO and allies?
13:53–16:56
7
How does trust affect nuclear security assurances with allied countries?
16:56–21:39
8
What are the risks of miscommunication in nuclear weapon operations?
21:39–28:03