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*Urgh* Can you please find a source that isn't the Daily Mail please? You never see the full picture with the Daily mail.

Anyway, regardless of that, yes he has increased the nuclear weapons budget. However, I have yet to read anywhere that he is actually planning to significantly increase the USA's nuclear stockpiles (although I have heard conjecture). Everywhere says he plans to sustain them and spend the money on new facilities (such as scientists and equipment). On top of that the nuclear capabilities of the USA far outwieghs the nuclear capabilities of any other country, so why would he need more?

Forgive me if I'm a bit skeptical, but I don't think this is a plan to increase the numbers, just a way to more safely sustain them.

Either way, it still goes against his initial promise of reducing nuclear stockpiles.