In July 2017, by a vote of 122 to 1, with one abstention, nations from around the world attending a UN-sponsored conference voted to approve a treaty to ban nuclear weapons.  But this treaty has been sharply rejected by the governments of the United States and the other nuclear powers.  Indeed, the Trump administration's obsession with building nuclear weapons and threatening nuclear war underscores its unwillingness to join other governments in developing a sane nuclear policy.