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NYT: A dairy entrepreneur convinced Trump of a sci-fi nuclear threat
What happened
AlterNet reports that New York dairy entrepreneur Henry Schwartz helped persuade Donald Trump and prominent Republican officials that Iran could cripple the United States with a high-altitude nuclear detonation producing an electromagnetic pulse. In 2019, Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to strengthen national resilience against EMP attacks.
The article, summarizing New York Times reporting, says specialists considered that scenario extraordinarily difficult to execute. Iran would likely need a hydrogen bomb, precise detonation conditions and favorable…
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