Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich Sunday praised President-elect Trump for wanting to expand the U.S.’s nuclear capability.
“I think for the next president to say, ‘You know, we’re going to have to systematically rebuild our nuclear capability,’ is exactly right,” Gingrich said on “Fox News Sunday.”
Gingrich took a shot at liberals “terrified” the president-elect would become too close with Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggesting Trump’s eagerness to expand the U.S. nuclear force showed he can be tough with Putin.
Washington Examiner reports,
Trump is now telling Putin and Russia, “You want to make threatening speeches, let me show you what a threatening speech looks like,” Gingrich said.
Gingrich added that the “Russians have been rebuilding their nuclear capability.”
“We have allowed ours to weaken. The Chinese have been rebuilding their nuclear capability. The North Koreans are trying to build missiles to reach the continental United States. The Iranians are trying to build a nuclear weapon,” the former speaker explained.
Earlier this week, Trump tweeted that the U.S. “must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.”
On Friday, MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said Trump told her that he would be ready for a nuclear arms race.
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