President-elect Trump's comment came in a brief tweet, in which he also said the country should pursue a greater nuclear capability "until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes." It has been the longstanding policy of Republican and Democratic presidents since Ronald Reagan to seek to reduce the number and the role of nuclear weapons.
   
 
News Alert Thu., Dec. 22, 2016 1:08 p.m.
 
 
Donald Trump says he wants to 'greatly strengthen and expand' U.S. nuclear capability, a radical break from U.S. foreign policy
President-elect Trump's comment came in a brief tweet, in which he also said the country should pursue a greater nuclear capability "until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes." It has been the longstanding policy of Republican and Democratic presidents since Ronald Reagan to seek to reduce the number and the role of nuclear weapons.
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