Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2025

Posted: 11th November 2025

Trump’s reckless nuclear threats and dramas like “A House of Dynamite’, hand our movement the perfect opportunity to communicate our nuclear abolition message to a huge audience, argues Linda Pentz Gunter. And even though we assume (or hope) Trump won’t actually explode nuclear weapons in a test, even practice runs are a provocation, argue disarmament groups.

No right decision

The fictional US president in ‘A House of Dynamite’ (played by Idris Elba, pictured right) is faced with a devastating decision about how to respond to a nuclear missile headed for Chicago. There is no good outcome, no matter the choice he makes. But the film, like other dramas before it, offers the nuclear-free movement a teachable moment to deliver our core message to a huge audience - that to survive, we MUST get rid of all nuclear weapons. MORE

US tests an unarmed ICBM

Right after President Trump confusingly warned the US would test nuclear weapons, it ran a practice firing of an unarmed ICBM. This is a routine event, but in light of Trump’s earlier threat, this time it caught the world’s attention. And, argue the groups Defuse Nuclear War and TriValley CAREs, these tests are still provocative as they are effectively rehearsals for a nuclear war. MORE

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