Our current president is acting on the assumption that he has the authority to trade away nuclear secrets on his own. Why are people across the political spectrum not deeply alarmed by that prospect?
No individual should be able to strike deals that expand a foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities in direct conflict with decades of U.S. nonproliferation policy.
Nuclear knowledge is not a bargaining chip. It is a source of enduring strategic power, carrying consequences that last for generations.
This is not a private business transaction, and the nation’s security is not a portfolio of hotels. Decisions of this magnitude demand congressional oversight, executive accountability and restraint.
Ted Samuel
Freeport
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