Nuclear Weapons: Armageddon Overlooked?

October 2019 - President Trump is recklessly dismantling the world's defenses against nuclear war: 

1. He withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal which Iran had complied with faithfully. But now Iran has resumed enriching uranium. 
2. On August 2, 2019, Pres. Trump's withdrawal from the INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty (agreed upon by Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev) took effect. Pres. Putin is following suit. Together Trump and Putin are trashing the treaty that led to the end of the Cold War! Both countries are now building weapons prohibited by the treaty.
3. Trump has said he will let lapse the New START Treaty which caps the number of long-range US and Russian nuclear weapons, which make up 90% of the world's long-range nuclear arsenal.
4. At an estimated $496 BILLION nuclear weapons budget over 10 years, the US is leading the way in military spending; preparing to fight an actual nuclear war—not merely deterring a war.

While Pres. Trump recklessly ratchets up the nuclear dangers, the American people living in their cities and towns are objecting loudly through the voices of their mayors. On July 1, 2019, the US Conference of Mayors, UNANIMOUSLY—DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS—voted to call on all presidential candidates to make known their positions on nuclear weapons, and to pledge, if elected, to initiate negotiations to eliminate nuclear weapons worldwide. 

TAKE ACTION: Contact as many presidential candidates as you can with a short urgent message and questions:

1. We don't want to die in a nuclear war. It's getting scarier.
   Ask each one, his or her position on nuclear weapons.
2. Do you pledge, if elected, to start negotiations to eliminate nuclear weapons worldwide?

Multiply this Message: Write a letter to the editor about this important & timely issue. This is a powerful way to educate and mobilize others.