I told you the righties would be defending it, here's the headline story on the Australian news
Trump suggested the US 'nuke' hurricanes, report says
Excerpt:
US President Donald Trump suggested dropping nuclear bombs into hurricanes to prevent them from hitting the US, according to a report from American news website Axios.
Key points:
- A source who was in the briefing room said the President asked whether they could "nuke" the storms as the moved across the Atlantic
- The White House declined to comment but an unnamed senior official said Mr Trump's overarching objective was "not bad"
- An expert from the US National Hurricane Centre said using bombs to disrupt the course of hurricanes was "not a good idea"
The suggestion reportedly came during a hurricane briefing with senior Homeland Security and national security officials at the White House.
Axois did not name the source but said they were in the room when the President raised the idea.
"I got it. I got it. Why don't we nuke them?" the source said, paraphrasing Mr Trump.
"They start forming off the coast of Africa, as they're moving across the Atlantic, we drop a bomb inside the eye of the hurricane and it disrupts it."
The source told Axios the person briefing the President said he would "look into that", with the suggestion astonishing those in the room.
Mr Trump brought up the hurricane-nuking idea a second time with a senior official, an exchange which the Axios report said was recorded in a 2017 National Security Council memo.
