US EditionEx-Trump official: Trump "fantasized" about blowing up bombs, "scared" his advisers
Miles Taylor said Trump openly considered nuclear strikes on North Korea and recently ordered resumption of U.S. nuclear weapons tests after a 30-year pause.
- On Friday, Miles Taylor, a former Homeland Security official, told Newsweek that President Donald Trump `fantasized` about nuclear bombs and said he `badly wanted to strike North Korea with a nuclear weapon`.
- President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States would resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, conflating missile tests with warhead detonations.
- Top Department of Homeland Security leaders convened emergency exercises because officials believed the homeland could be in mortal danger, and Jim Mattis, then-Defense Secretary, warned staff, `You all need to prepare like we're going to war`, Taylor said.
- Experts cautioned that resuming tests would prompt other nations to follow suit, escalating the risk of a new arms race, while Abigail Jackson, White House spokesperson, called Taylor a `hack` and denied his account.
- Having left the administration in 2019, Taylor pointed to Trump’s 2017 nuclear threats to Kim Jong Un, which led officials to fear a nuclear war, and said his 2018 New York Times anonymous piece informs his account.
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These are explosive revelations from a former government official: Donald Trump allegedly wanted to attack North Korea with nuclear weapons during his first term of office and openly fantasized of seeing bombs explode.
Trump announces US nuclear tests. Meanwhile, Miles Taylor states that during his first term in office, Trump is said to have fantasized about a nuclear attack on North Korea.
Ex-Trump official: Trump ‘fantasized’ about blowing up bombs, ‘scared’ his advisers
Sources tell CNN that President Donald Trump’s own advisers were caught off guard by his demand the Pentagon resume nuclear testing after a 33-year moratorium. Miles Taylor, former DHS Chief of Staff during Trump’s first term, says he isn’t surprised because Trump would fantasize about “blowing up bombs” during his first term.
Explosive Claim: Ex-Trump Official Says President 'Fantasized' About Nukes
It is not every day you hear that a president dreamed about nukes like they were fireworks. But according to Miles Taylor, that is exactly what happened inside Donald Trump’s White House. Taylor, who worked in Homeland Security, says Trump “fantasized” about nuclear bombs and even wanted to see them explode. Not in a movie, but for real. He told Newsweek that Trump once said “he badly wanted to strike North Korea with a nuclear weapon.” It was n…
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