This morning the Doomsday Clock was moved forward to 2 minutes and 30 seconds to midnight.

Created by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in 1947 to convey the urgent threat nuclear weapons pose — other threats such as climate change are now also taken into account — the clock represents how close humankind is to destroying our world. The stroke of midnight is the end of humanity.

Last year, the clock remained at 3 minutes. Today, it moves half a minute closer — the closest to midnight it’s been since 1953.

The Bulletin cited two troubling concerns in their decision: the growing disregard for scientific expertise and the “cavalier and reckless language” used around the globe, particularly during the U.S. presidential election.

Which brings us to the elephant in the room: Donald Trump, a man who appeared to have called for a new nuclear arms…