American President Donald Trump has pulled a skeleton out of Pakistan’s nuclear closet. In an interview to a leading American cable news network, the Don of indiscretion suggested that Pakistan is among a triad of trigger-happy nations still conducting nuclear tests.

The claim has caused jaws to drop across the world and came in response to a question on why Donald Trump wants the United States to resume nuclear testing. If he makes a compelling case, his administration could end a 33-year moratorium on American nuclear tests.

But beyond optics, it’s unclear what fresh testing achieves other than risking a new nuclear arms race. The US already has enough weapons, in Trump’s own words, “to blow up the world........

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