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Energy Secretary Chris Wright went on Fox News’ The Sunday Briefing and put a calm, common-sense frame around what Washington’s critics are hysterically calling a crisis — the tests the president ordered are “system tests,” not nuclear explosions, designed to exercise components and ensure our deterrent works. Wright made clear these are non-critical, non-nuclear events aimed at modernizing and validating new systems, not detonating warheads in American deserts. That reassurance should steady Americans who expect their leaders to secure the nation rather than surrender to fearmongering.
President Trump’s directive to restart the nuclear testing process after a 33-year pause was blunt and unapologetic: he’s demanding parity with rivals who have been racing ahead. Critics on the left and in the legacy press screeched about armageddon, but the decision is rooted in hard-nosed deterrence — if our adversaries are modernizing, we won’t be caught sleeping. The administration is signaling that American strength, not moralizing lectures, will keep this country safe.
Yet while leadership acts, the paralysis on Capitol Hill is already costing us precious momentum: the National Nuclear Security Administration has furloughed roughly 1,400 federal workers because of the ongoing government shutdown, with only about 400 personnel left to maintain minimum safe operations. Those furloughs and delayed testing timelines risk slowing the very modernization the president ordered, and they put specialized, cleared workers — who actually do the hard work of deterrence — in limbo. The shutdown is not an abstract budget fight; it is a direct hit to national security.
Let’s be blunt: this is the predictable result when Washington’s partisan theater puts show votes ahead of seriousness. Conservatives believe in strong defense and pragmatic technology — not virtue-signaling that cedes advantage to Beijing and Moscow. Secretary Wright also reminded viewers that modern science, supercomputers, and advanced simulations let the Department of Energy model nuclear effects with extreme precision, reducing the need for live blasts while we modernize — a smart, high-tech approach to keeping America ahead.
Meanwhile, the DOE is warning that the grid faces rising strain from reindustrialization and exploding AI demand, and officials say the risk of outages could double by 2030 unless we build reliable baseload power now. That’s why the administration’s push for large-scale nuclear, small modular reactors, and an all-of-the-above energy plan isn’t ideological — it’s patriotic and practical, intended to keep factories humming and data centers online without surrendering our economy to foreign monopolies. The left’s green zealotry that shuts down sensible power options is a luxury our competitors exploit.
The answer is simple and un-American to ignore: reopen the government, fund the NNSA and DOE missions, and back the bold industrial policy that puts American energy and defense first. Lawmakers who play politics with paychecks and national security are failing their oaths, and the media that amplifies panic instead of sober facts should be ashamed. Our families, our troops, and our freedom depend on leaders who will act decisively — not on those who prefer headlines to homeland security.
