Trump Denies Report That Claimed He Suggested Nuking Hurricanes: ‘Just More Fake News’

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One en route to Ohio on the White House South Lawn in Washington on Aug. 1, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump took to Twitter early Aug. 26 to slam a report that claimed he suggested using nuclear weapons to stop hurricanes from hitting the United States.

“The story by Axios that President Trump wanted to blow up large hurricanes with nuclear weapons prior to reaching shore is ridiculous. I never said this,” Trump wrote while in France for the Group of Seven (G7) meeting.