‘I think I know most of it’: Trump’s 1986 quote about his nuclear weapon expertise is relevant today

As conservatives work around the clock to figure out how to spin the alleged discovery of nuclear secrets illegally hoarded away in Donald Trump’s Mordor lair Mar-A-Lago, many others point to Trump’s history of casually bringing up nukes at every opportunity. For as long as people have been nearby and attentive enough to record it, Trump has made a point to share his many thoughts on weapons and nuclear armament.

You may recall something about nuclear weapons from Bob Woodward’s many books on behind-the-scenes Trump administration disasters—and you would be right, but it goes back much further than that. In fact, it goes back to 1986, to the very first issue of Spy magazine.