President Donald Trump has been cited by a nuclear watchdog organization for using Twitter to issue nuclear threats against other nations. Jim Young/Reuters
Business Insider: 9 times Trump or his top officials threatened to attack or nuke other countries in 2018
* Throughout 2018, President Donald Trump and top officials in his administration stoked fears of impending military or nuclear action.
* By Twitter, interviews, or statements, the Trump administration threatened North Korea, Syria, Iran, Russia, and Saudi Arabia with military action.
* The administration was even held in violation of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as a result of some of the president's threats, delivered via tweet.
In his first two years in office, President Donald Trump has become known as a mercurial head of state.
The president frequently takes to Twitter to lash out against perceived enemies and defend his own decisions. He's also taken to using this platform and many others to threaten violence.
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WNU Editor: This is nothing new. Every previous U.S. administration has issued at one time during their term a public threat to attack or nuke other countries .... and some of them followed through on their threats. And while the focus is on public threats .... I can only imagine the private threats that may have been issued by not only the Trump administration, but by every past President against an adversary that was hostile to the U.S.. My gut is telling me that this is an uncomfortably high number.
