Bolton Can’t Stop Laughing at Gillibrand’s ‘Tactile’ Nuclear Weapons Gaffe


White House National Security Adviser John Bolton just couldn’t not stop laughing after hearing a clip of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) discussing her opposition to “tactile” nuclear weapons while on the campaign trail.

Gillibrand says in the clip, “When you say you want to develop low-yield nuclear weapons that are tactile, what you’re saying is you want to use them. Now the military will make an argument to say oh, this is just again to make, we have to have an equal threat. And this, if it’s usable, then it’s a better threat. I just found that is not believable. I just, I, they’re trying to create nuclear weapons that are usable. So I opposed the entire Defense bill because of that one provision. So if I am president, I am going to make sure we unwind that completely, and I don’t think we should be trying to create tactile nuclear weapons.”

“As national security adviser, I don’t get involved in politics, but I’ll just say maybe Senator Gillibrand could give me a call and tell me what she knows about those tactile nuclear weapons,” Bolton said. “I’d be interested in learning it,” Bolton said after collecting himself.

Images: Phil Roeder



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