Trump denies report of using nukes to stop hurricanes (ASL – 8.26.19)

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According to the news website Axios, President Trump has mentioned several times the idea of stopping hurricanes by detonating a nuclear bomb within the storm.

A source who was at a hurricane briefing at the White House told the website the President said “I got it. I got it. Why don’t we nuke them?”

He allegedly suggested the idea several times to senior Homeland Security and national security officials.

Trump denies the report.

But if it’s true, Trump is not the only president to suggest bombing hurricanes to throw them off course.

The idea was floated during the Eisenhower administration according to Axios.

If you are wondering, government scientists say it won’t work anyway.

Not only won’t a nuke alter a storm, scientists say the radioactive fallout would move quickly with the winds and cause devastating environmental problems.

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