Donald Trump gloated about the ‘incredible’ nuclear power the US holds secretly in its stomach when reporters asked him if he had leaked classified data on Thursday. Not only did the US President falsify the accusation but described the US military as the best.

Better known for his work on the Watergate scandal, Bob Woodward has penned down another masterpiece,this time around several controversies during the Trump presidency. The book titled ‘Rage’ will be officially released on September 15 weeks before the US election.

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The argument caught heat when an excerpt of Woodward’s book, released by the Washington Post quoted Trump during his interview with their associate editor. While talking to Bob Woodward, Donald Trump said,“I have built a nuclear — a weapons system that nobody’s ever had in this country before. We have stuff that you haven’t even seen or heard about. We have stuff that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and (Chinese President) Xi Jinping have never heard about before. There’s nobody — what we have is incredible.”

“Woodward writes that anonymous people later confirmed that the US military had a secret new weapons system, but they would not provide details, and that the people were surprised Trump had disclosed it,” The Washington Post said.

When asked if he shared classified information about a nuclear weapons system with Woodward Trump maintained his denial by saying,“We have great weaponry. No, I’m not talking about classified (information). I’m talking about what we build. We’re building great weaponry,”

“What were you talking about when you talked about that?” Trump was asked.

“Our military is stronger now than it’s ever been. We spent USD 2.5 trillion on our military over the last three-and-a-half years. We now have new rockets and missiles. And, frankly, our nuclear — we have to hope to God we never have to use it — but our nuclear now is in the best shape it’s been in decades. And, frankly, I think I’m better off keeping it that way. We have some incredible systems,” he confirmed.

Meanwhile, the co-director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s nuclear policy programme James Acton in a tweet pointed out at Trump mentioning something about the announcement in 2017, of a plan to reduce the explosive power of some nuclear warheads on submarine-launched missiles.

“The timing was kept secret. My guess is that Trump told Woodward about the first deployment before it was made public. This weapon is usually called the low-yield D5 (because the missile is the Trident D5 sea-launched ballistic missiles). The warhead is the W76-2,”, Acton tweeted on Thursday.

“I don’t believe that the US could build an actually new nuclear weapon in secret. Too much money for classified budgets. Too many people involved for it not to leak,” Acton said in another tweet.

The accusation just followed the US President who has been rallying across the country. During a public rally at Michigan on Thursday, Donald Trump asserted that he had not leaked any information and just wanted to inform the people that the US has the greatest weaponry in the world.

“I said, we have systems and missiles and rockets and military — we have systems that you’ve never even seen before. (Chinese) President Xi (Jinping) has nothing like it. Russian President (Vladimir) Putin has nothing like it. “They (the media) said he may be giving away classified information. These people are sick. Never speak well about our technology…I just want to let people know we have the greatest systems, the greatest equipment and the greatest people anywhere in the world. There is nobody like the US military,” Trump told the crowd.