AM Nukes Roundup – April 8 – We Asked the White House If Trump Was Considering Nuking Iran. Its Response Was Chilling.

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AM Nukes Roundup

April 8, 2026

  Top Six


We Asked the White House If Trump Was Considering Nuking Iran. Its Response Was Chilling.
Noah Lanard, Mother Jones - April 7
Takaichi to miss NPT conference; senior vice minister to join
Takashi Ogawa, Asahi Shimbin - April 7
Trump administration to spend $39 billion for priority plan to field Golden Dome missile defenses
Bill Gertz, Washington Times - April 7
Tom Nichols: Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran?
OPINION: The Atlantic - April 7
Ali Alkis, Ludovica Castelli: Trump’s ‘a whole civilization will die’ threat against Iran exploits long-standing ambiguity over what Washington considers legal in war
OPINION: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - April 7
Hirohito Ogi: How should Japan respond to China’s nuclear threat?
OPINION: Japan Times - April 7
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April 8: Anniversary of New START Treaty Signing (2010)
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  News Clips

 

US MISSILE DEFENSE


Trump administration to spend $39 billion for priority plan to field Golden Dome missile defenses
Bill Gertz, Washington Times - April 7


IRAN


The nuclear bomb-shaped hole in Trump’s Iran win
Benedict Smith, The Telegraph - April 8

How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran
Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, New York Times - April 7

White House slams notion of Trump using nuclear weapon in Iran
Mallory Wilson, The Hill - April 7

Italy’s defense minister fears nuclear escalation in Iran
Joe Stanley-Smith, Politico EU - April 7

Iran war jeopardizes U.S. global leadership, warns Italian minister
Francesca Piscioneri, Reuters - April 7

We Asked the White House If Trump Was Considering Nuking Iran. Its Response Was Chilling.
Noah Lanard, Mother Jones - April 7

Vance says Iran has '2 pathways' as 12-hour deadline looms, prays US on 'God's side' in nixing nuclear threat
Greg Norman-Diamond, Fox News - April 7

Iran Pressures Trump to Give Them Better Deal Than Obama
Jenni Fink, Newsweek - April 7

Fears Donald Trump Will Use Nuclear Weapons Against Iran Grow Online
Dan Gooding, Newsweek - April 7

Trump tears into Tucker Carlson over Iran war claims: ‘Low-IQ person’
Caitlin Doornbos, New York Post - April 7

Trump Blasts Tucker for Fake Nuke Claim
Charlie McCarthy, Newsmax - April 7


ASIA-PACIFIC


Takaichi to miss NPT conference; senior vice minister to join
Takashi Ogawa, Asahi Shimbin - April 7

  Opinion & Commentary


Tom Nichols: Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran?
OPINION: The Atlantic - April 7

Eric Brewer: Preventing an Iranian Bomb Is Only Getting Harder
OPINION: Foreign Policy - April 7

Marialaura De Angelis: When North Korea can strike America: a dangerous policy gap
OPINION: Asia Times - April 7

Hirohito Ogi: How should Japan respond to China’s nuclear threat?
OPINION: Japan Times - April 7

Ali Alkis, Ludovica Castelli: Trump’s ‘a whole civilization will die’ threat against Iran exploits long-standing ambiguity over what Washington considers legal in war
OPINION: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - April 7

Negin Owliaei: Trump’s Genocidal Threats on Iran Are Enabled by a Vast Apparatus of Destruction
OPINION: Truthout - April 7

Eric Alter: For Donald Trump, Declaring Victory Over Iran Is His Best Option
OPINION: National Interest - April 7

Robert Farley: Donald Trump Just Put Nuclear War on the Table Against Iran
OPINION: 19FortyFive - April 7

Brandon Weichert: Donald Trump Might Really Use Nuclear Weapons on Iran
OPINION: 19FortyFive - April 7

Isaac Seitz: The U.S. Military Has 4 Iran War Options Left. And Nuclear War Is Now On the List
OPINION: 19FortyFive - April 7

Goli Ameri: Iran’s nuclear gamble leaves America one choice — and it can't be a deal
OPINION: Fox News - April 6

  China Non-Nuclear


How lessons from Iran war could shape mainland China’s calculus on Taiwan
Mark Magnier, South China Morning Post - April 7

U.S. Repatriates Chinese Drug Fugitive in a Sign of Stabilizing Ties
Brian Spegele, Wall Street Journal - April 4

Taiwan's opposition leader seeks to win friends in China with a high-stakes visit
Janis Mackey Frayer, NBC News - April 4

China now tops US in global approval ratings: Gallup
Ryan Mancini, The Hill - April 4

Is China positioning itself to become a US-Iran peace broker?
Simone McCarthy, Sophia Saifi, CNN - April 2

U.S. Senators Press Taiwan to Raise Military Spending as China Protests
Chris Buckley, New York Times - April 1

Why the Iran war hurts China less than its rivals
The Economist - April 1

  China Non-Nuclear Opinion


Patrick Xue: China’s renewable capacity is a security asset, not a liability
OPINION: East Asia Forum - April 6

Jessica Liao, Zenel Garcia: How China Reinvented the BRI
OPINION: Foreign Policy - April 3

Hao Nan: How East Asia is being quietly reordered by the US war on Iran
OPINION: South China Morning Post - April 2

L. Rafael Reif: America Is Losing the Innovation Race: Why the Future of Science Might Be Chinese
OPINION: Foreign Affairs - April 1


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