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Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran?

If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.

First published in The Atlantic on April 7, 2026.

by Tom Nichols, The Atlantic
April 8, 2026 | reading time: 6 Min.

The president of the United States is losing his head, and that means the rest of us must keep ours. At 8:06 a.m. eastern daylight time, Donald Trump posted this on his Truth Social site:

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