BOOK: Trump Vowed To Strike First In Nuclear War

The Hill reports:

Former President Trump said many controversial things in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017, but it was something he told then-Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló about nuclear war while touring storm damage that stunned Rosselló. In a new memoir due out Tuesday, Rosselló recounts Trump’s visit to the island to tour damage from the category 5 storm that killed thousands of people and devastated the island’s infrastructure.

“‘Nature has a way of coming back,’ said the president. ‘Well, it does until it does not. Who knows with nuclear warfare what will happen…,’” Rosselló wrote. “He paused for effect. ‘If nuclear war happens, we won’t be second in line pressing the button.’ This statement floored me. I could not believe what I was hearing. It was surreal. Was he really talking about total annihilation as we flew over the ravaged sights of the island?” Rosselló wrote.

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