Co-authored with Brenna Gautam who is a member of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treatys Organizations Youth Group and a J.D. candidate at Georgetown University Law Center.

Donald Trump s alarming fire and fury statement on North Korea does not represent Americas tradition as a peace seeking nation. His latest rhetoric, which seems to threaten a nuclear attack, directly contradicts the words of past leaders such as President Dwight Eisenhower.

Eisenhower, who made nuclear diplomacy a top priority, denounced the idea of nuclear war openly: With such weapons, war has become, not just tragic, but preposterous. And he was only one of many presidents to promote diplomacy over an arms race. Since the Cold War era of nuclear weapons began, the United States has continuously sought negotiations to control the threat.