How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid

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For more than a decade, conservative activists held that a single atomic bomb could, without killing Americans directly, lay waste to the country — a claim that built fervor for war with Iran.

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How Top Trump Officials Stoked Fears of a Nuke That Could Fry the Power Grid

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