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Following confirmation that Donald Trump has won the 2024 US presidential election, CND believes that the world is now more dangerous with Trump’s finger on the nuclear button.
Emergency protest outside US Embassy: Wednesday 6th November
Trump’s unpredictable foreign policy, disregard for democracy, and antagonistic stance on nuclear weapons threatens to intensify the dangers posed by nuclear flashpoints in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. His last administration oversaw the development of new nuclear weapons and the US withdrawal from critical arms control treaties, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the groundbreaking nuclear agreement with Iran.
CND is also alarmed by Trump’s ongoing push for NATO members to dramatically increase their military spending, and previously demanding that member states contribute 3% of their GDP to weapons and war. This will only exacerbate global militarisation and distract from the urgent need to reduce nuclear arsenals worldwide.
In his congratulatory message to Trump, Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he knows the “UK-US special relationship will continue to prosper” under Trump’s presidency. This special relationship is underpinned by the Mutual Defence Agreement, the secretive nuclear treaty whose renewal was recently railroaded through Parliament without any debate.
CND is committed to amplifying the voices of those who reject Trump’s dangerous vision for the future.
And we will soon be announcing details of another protest on Saturday, 9 November!
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