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## Video: Here’s What Donald Trump Has Said About Nuclear Weapons

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_Published 2016-08-03. Donald Trump’s campaign on Wednesday denied a report that said the Republican presidential nominee had repeatedly asked an international foreign policy expert why the U.S. couldn’t use nuclear weapons._


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## Transcript

Nuclear, nuclear, nuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapon, nuclear weapon, nuclear weapon, nuclear weapon. The biggest problem we have today is nuclear, nuclear proliferation, and having some maniac some madman go out And get a nuclear weapon. I hate proliferation. I hate nuclear more than anything. My uncle was a professor at MIT. He used to tell me about nuclear. That's contradictory. No. No. At some point we have to say you know what. We're better off if Japan protects itself against this maniac in North Korea. Can you tell the middle east we're not using a nuclear weapon on anybody?

I would never say that. I would never take any of my cards off the table. How about Europe? We won't use it in Europe. I'm not going to take it off the table for anybody. You might use it in Europe? No. I don't think so, but I'm not taking it. Why not just say it? I'm using a nuclear weapon in Europe. I am not I am not taking cards of the table. They always say Trump wants Japan to go nuclear, I don't. I really don't. But listen, when you have North Korea and you have Japan, and they're very close to each other, and frankly, we're sort of semi involved we don't wanna be involved At some point it could happen anyway.

They said I want Japan to nuke. I want Japan to get nuclear weapons, give me a break.

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