President Trump Vows To Protect The Electric Grid From An EMP Attack

I don’t care how you feel about President Trump. Absolutely everyone has to admit that this is a good thing.

According to that sourcelink, President Trump is taking steps to protect the our electric grid from an EMP attack.

Two of the chief advocates, William R. Graham and Peter Vincent Pry, executives of the nation’s first Congressional EMP Commission, said in a statement, “President Trump understands, even if everyone in his administration does not, that ‘strategic stability’ and ‘longstanding strategic relationships with Russia or China’ are best maintained — not by a policy of mutual vulnerability — but by a policy of ‘Peace Through Strength.’ Protecting the nation from all missile threats and EMP should be the cornerstone of a ‘Peace Through Strength’ policy.”

The duo claim that protecting the grid would not be expensive and could done fast and with commercial products, a solution Trump endorsed in his strategy.

An EMP attack– that’s one of those things that most people don’t think about. If you recall, experts recently warned everyone that an attack of that nature would wipe out 90 percent of Americans. That number sounds pretty high to me, but when I think about the number of completely helpless people in this country, I go, “Yeah. Maybe that’s right.” Maybe it’s because my dad is a prepper, but I’m fairly confident I’d be among the 10% of survivors. (I’m working on gaining some outdoorsy skills and abilities, OK? I’m gonna buy a crossbow sooner or later.)

Back to the point at hand: Our society is more fragile than we think, and President Trump knows that. That’s why he’s taking action.

Laying out the issue, Trump’s paper said, “Critical infrastructure keeps our food fresh, our houses warm, our trade flowing, and our citizens productive and safe. The vulnerability of U.S. critical infrastructure to cyber, physical, and electromagnetic attacks means that adversaries could disrupt military command and control, banking and financial operations, the electrical grid, and means of communication.”

His solution: “We will use the latest commercial capabilities, shared services, and best practices to modernize our Federal information technology. We will improve our ability to provide uninterrupted and secure communications and services under all conditions.”

He’s the first president to actually address this issue. It’s a legitimate fear, and I feel a lot better knowing it’s on Trump’s radar.

Make America’s Electric Grid Great Again.

h/t Washington Examiner