Trump and Kennedy warn of nuclear war risk | 17 Sept 2024 | Washington should open direct talks with Moscow right away and stop mistaking Russia's restraint for weakness, the Republican presidential nominee's son Donald Trump Jr. and former Democrat Robert F. Kennedy have said. RFK Jr, the nephew of President John F. Kennedy, endorsed Trump senior last month and cited the Russia-Ukraine conflict and its potential to escalate into a nuclear war as one of the main reasons. The U.S. and its allies allowing Ukraine to use their weapons for long-range strikes into Russia "would put the world at greater risk of nuclear conflagration than at any time since the Cuban missile crisis," Trump and Kennedy wrote in an opinion piece published by The Hill on Tuesday. Titled "Negotiate with Moscow to end the Ukraine war and prevent nuclear devastation," the article argues that the US must focus on finding a "diplomatic off-ramp to a war that should never have been allowed to take place," accusing the White House of pursuing a policy that Russia has explicitly said would amount to open war.