Nukes for All! (But Finland First) || June 22, 2026
Finland knows all too well what a confrontation with Russia would mean. So, the Finns are preparing...
As traditional security guarantees begin to fall apart (i.e., the U.S. signaling reduced willingness to provide military support in future European conflicts), it won't just be Finland looking for a nuclear deterrent. Other countries near Russia will likely follow suit, and then nations in East Asia will jump on the train, and then everyone will have nukes!
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Comments (61)
Hi Peter, I understood from the video that Finland approved production of Nuclear Weapons. However, all the research I can find on this approval included stationing and basing of Nucs, however that is specifically excluded production. What am I missing, or was the video in error? Thanks!... ps if this was addressed in an earlier comment, my apologies for missing it.
Put Putin and his regime out in the middle of Siberia and let Nato target practice💀💀💀💀💀
Is the dog Finnish?
So instead of the USA drawing the ire from Russian nukes the Nordic countries and Europeans will. Sounds like a win-win for the USA..
I'll just assume that's sarchasm.
the winther war was in 39 ;)
Nukes will also be purchased by Middle Eastern countries. Without a strong reliable United States the world is a dangerous place.
So, where is Trump's Nobel Peace Prize for encouraging nuclear proliferation as a result of not knowing history? You have to be a special kind of craven or stupid for supporting this man.
Would love to see you do a podcast with Simon Dixon. 🤞
Hi Peter, could I ask you to fact check something? The video states that Finland Parliament has legalized production of Nuks.... however everything I can find indicates that production was not legalized (perhaps specifically). Perhaps you could check what's correct? Thanks!
To short. At this point our🇫🇮 parlament just change the old law that prohibited use, transport, production etc anything relates to nuclear weapons. So for example during old law it was prohibited "transport" let allied nation use icbm over Finlands air area which limiteds altitude of 100km or so. That meant that USA can't launch missile through our airspace. Same if the submarine would have launched missile with nuke through our airspace. Or F-35 carried nuke... That is what comes "transport" part of that old law. Yes new law allow us also manufacture nuclear weapons but i think it won't happen soon. But we have skills, tech and materials. Everything what is needed now is decicion to do it.
Too bad we (the US) doesn't have another 40 TRILLION in debt so it can be spent on Europe. Oh well ... I'm quite sure AOC/SANDES/NEWSOM/HARRIS will fix that in 2028. eh?
I thought that USA wants us 🇫🇮 take serious our defence and we are doing exactly that by buying 64 F-35s few hundred more 155mm SPGs from S-Korea and since we allready have mandatory conscription...well nukes are just a nxt step actually very logical nxt step because Trump and Vance don't want commit so ofcourse then its our job to take care of those little details.
Good 👍 More nukes for all is good! Nuclear powered cars and machines maybe that be great. 👍 But now what is a bigger WMD to make after nukes. Like nukes are cute but what comes next? Cold fusion bomb? Nitrino bomb. Finally progressing to build weapons more destructive than nukes!! Hallelujah!! Good times a coming!!
I'm Canadian and I want nukes too. Only two countries that theoretically can reasonably threaten us. Russia in the arctic and big brother down south. Don't think either would happen any time soon, but you don't prepare for things going right, you prepare for if they happen to go wrong
More dog barks!
Winter War was 1939-1940.
Sooooo... The nukes are there to protect against power hungry dictator nations. So the choice is between building strong democracies, supported by international institutions and free trade between them... Or everyone gets nukes and threatens each other and all become poorer and less secure. And we decided to go with: nukes 😵
It was probably inevitable. Nuclear weapons are a 1900s technology. Eventually the non-proliferation regime was going to collapse. The question that then presents itself is when in a MAD, MAD world, we get someone who decides to set one off.
Yup, this was inevitable. Nukes for all! The election of Donald J. Trump will go down in history as the nexus of the new dark ages. That is, if there will be anyone around to write it.
Well that blows 😟
Vise a vie Simo Haha
And so the clock on the end of the world begins. I've covered this before, but it essentially ensures the use of nuclear weapons within roughly 5 years by at least one state actor either through aggression or accidental miscalculation. Enjoy your short time on this Earth while it lasts.
Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war.
Seems like nuke policy will bifurcate into massive proliferation or total ban. The latter is the logical path but very unlikely. What is the best policy for the US is the only question.
It looks like Trump has decided that since he's not going to get that Nobel Peace Prize, he will do what he can to precipitate WW III instead.
Hi 👋 Jeff
I just love waking up super cheerful comments every day. Thanks for all your hard work.
Well it's seems that DJT may not be the true root of a lot of our problems, but definitely not the savior from them. Every day with this madman is a step backwards...
Morning coffee, check. Morning commute, check. Daily dose of existential horrors beyond imagining, check. Seemingly never endless amount of disappointment from the Maga community undermining the United States power both at home and abroad, check Hope everyone had a happy summer solstice/Father’s Day
Check!
In 2009, Obama abandoned the plan to build a missile defense system in Europe , and then removed what was already in Poland. Imagine what that missile shield would look like today if he did not done so.
Seems all the recent Russian nuke threats are also a cause for proliferation. Could it be that the US has enough war materiel on its bases that new shipments would not be immediately necessary to counter the threat to the host nations?
Just when you think he’s run out of mayhem to cause he sends in the clown .
Cue the MAGA chorus of more TDS calls.
ruzzia needs to cease to exist - Muscovy delenda est
Don’t know about Sweden to be honest. Especially after the election in September. If the left take over over. 😢
And suddenly I have Tom Lehrer “Whose got the bomb” playing in my head.
"Who's next." By Tom Lehrer. A perfect choice. I wish he was still around.
Hadn’t s uou heard this zone for u cc g
Peter predicted this sort of thing; i.e. the Absent Superpower, etc, etc. going back years. So, this should come as no surprise. And given the past acute and consistent recalcitrance by nearly all NATO allies in not paying their agreed upon share of NATO costs for DECADES, let them fend for themselves to a much greater extent seems reasonable to me. The whole point of NATO was to have a credible common defense against the Soviet Union and now Russia. And EVERYONE pays their share. One big reason I believe Peter is talking this up with at least some apparent level of concern and consternation, is because to his disgust it's Trump calling out these recalcitrant NATO allies and not some creampuff "progressive Dem" who talks nice with the EU and goes overboard on soft power. There is a significant percentage of the US voting public that is FED UP with EuroLand NATO intransigence, and their never-ending criticism of how the US goes about taking up their slack at OUR cost in blood and treasure, and lopsided trade practices in their favor. In general, I recall in the past Peter has openly stated he avoids getting into the politics of situations. That was when a progressive Dem was POTUS; now that's it's Trump and someone that he doesn't like (and there are plenty of reasons to dislike Trump) it's a different story. And Peter has every right to believe and express that; it's his platform. But please don't try to tell us he's unbiased.
I hear you. There's always been a bit of reluctance to play Team America: World Police. But in terms of us paying for things "in blood and treasure", that's mostly been on us ignoring our European allies and just being dumb. Think Iraq, and now Iran, and the forever war in Afghanistan where our NATO allies supported us and then got stuck because we decided to do nation building. Even worse, for Iran we didn't even have our own legislature and people on board, let alone any allies (besides the Israelis, who are more a protectorate than an ally).
Peter, it appears that you are suggesting that the next, and even future U.S. administrations, will continue the policies of the current administration. Want to expand on that perspective?
What good are security "guarantees" if they aren't guaranteed every 4 years? The USA isn't reliable. That's not necessarily a bad thing -- just a change.
My feeling, regarding to this update in particular. Duuuuuh! ... it has to happen. If anything it is a decade overdue. 2:00 ... "appreciable hardware to assist" ... of course not ... U.S. Military Tech ... Costs too much and is too technically advanced for The U.S. Government to allow to fall into enemy control and in short-order, reversed engineered. The advisory has World-Class scientists too. Soooo- sending "appreciable hardware" ... 👁️am certain ... from point moving forward until forever ... regardless of an administration being 🔻 or 🔷 ... our💩 is just Way to high-tech and costly. We're not going to continue to ship our Gear around the 🌎 Truthfully- the current statuesque has been in place my entire life. Which really is last century's statuesque. The Present Times ... Demands a shake-up. The 🌎 deserves a Shake-Up. So, it is- so ... 😐 It (present system) is JUST not working ... ... ... well enough.
I guess it's been too long since World War I. We've forgotten what a global "shake up" looks like, and how much suffering and poverty it causes even for the victors. Like most military powers, if we don't ship our gear around the world we won't have much gear. Military powers rely on foreign sales of their equipment for the funding it takes to pay for R&D and sustain production lines at a reasonable cost. The U.S. is where it is because we're a huge arms exporter to our allies. If they go their own way, our weapons and development shrinks by a lot. Also, I think you mean "status quo". "Statuesque" is something very different.
I was kind of hoping France would figure out how to calm nationalism and expand its own stockpile to create a European umbrella. There is some favorable recent history between France and Russia, but also it puts the proverbial”big red button” wayyy further to the west than the Russians currently want to go.
Nobody trusts the French to use it against Russia.
Wow WW lll, in the works?
I suppose it goes without saying that a Nuclear armed Finland would have been Soviet Russias worst nightmare... Leningrad was literally right there... The USA wouldn't have had to worry about radar stations in greenland and Canada. It would have been a guaranteed check mate, and nothing could be done about it.
If you seek peace, prepare for war. However, in an abstract sense, Finland, Poland, et al., in the NATO alliance should not worry about Russian intrusions because "NATO" will protect them. Right? Could it be that Russia tested the NATO Treaty and found it to be toothless? Frankly, rather than dealing with the fantasy nuclear standoff war maybe decades from now, I think Europe should deal with the war at the front door and do what's necessary to eliminate the threat. I realize this post is a bit scattered, but I think it reflects the current confusion in Europe. Short version: Russia is the declared enemy of Europe and must be defeated militarily. That's job #1.
With you GreyCloud
We are either one step closer to world peace or nuclear Armageddon.
Probably peace so long as the generation who built them are in power… it’s the generation that inherits them without the depth of understanding or respect that worries me. Very WW1 parade armies marching toward each other, then reality of war will set in.
So..... Trump ended provoquing a new nuke proliferation. Great.
Likely substantially true. However, likely true, Europe has not been paying their fair share for defense for a long time AND their trade practices have been predatroy towards the USA, also for decades.
All together everyone. "It's the end of the world as we know it!" It's the end of the world as we know it!" It's the end of the world as we know it. And I feel fiiiiinnnneeee."
Sweden, Norway, Finnland, Baltics...
Japan, South Korea, Australia Singapore ...
Jeez, for a second I thought Havoc was in the room with me. That’s the dogs name right? It’s only appropriate. I think this is the video where you let him slip.
I was driving on vacation and had people with dogs too my left and right and then in front crossing while I was driving :-) it scared the crap out of me when it sounded like the dog was in my car 😂