With only 8 countries with nuclear capabilities

[Beachnutt]

which country would trump be interested in keeping the documents and who would he sell them to ?
I just saw on cbs news the countries are France, The UK, N Korea, China, Russia, US, thats all they named was those 6 so I don't know who the other 2 are.

[FBaggins]

1. They left off India and Pakistan

It's little secret that Israel should be on the list too.

My guess is that the country in question here is not one of these nine. My guess is Iran

[CanonRay]

11. I thought Israel has nukes...

[Iggo]

12. They do, but everybody acts like they don't.

[CanonRay]

14. I bet Saudi Arabia would pay about 2 billion

for a document with that information. Just sayin...

[Iggo]

21. Sounds about right.

[FBaggins]

13. Scores of them at least

Quite possibly hundreds

But they do not formally admit the fact - nor are they party to the various nuclear treaties.

And, of course, there are a couple dozen countries that do not recognize Israel as a state at all, let alone a nuclear one.

[Celerity]

18. The memos and minutes that confirm Israel's nuclear stockpile

Documents reveal how then-defence minister Shimon Perez tried to sell South Africa's apartheid government the bomb

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/23/israel-south-africa-nuclear-documents

This is the secret memo by South Africa's military chief of staff, General RF Armstrong, asking for nukes on the Jericho missiles. It has been revealed before, but its context was not understood. We now know the memo was the direct result of a meeting between PW Botha and Shimon Peres, and the basis of Botha's demand for nukes. This memo was uncovered by Peter Liberman and published in the Nonproliferation Review.

https://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2010/05/23/SA-general-nuclear.pdf

This cover page of an ISSA (ISrael-South Africa agreement) meeting in Pretoria between Israeli and South African officials on 30 June 1975 establishes the presence of General Armstrong, who wrote the nuclear memo.

https://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2010/05/23/ISSA-minutes1.pdf

This document details the another ISSA meeting during which Botha says he needs the 'right payload' and Peres offers it in 'three sizes' (paragraph 10).

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2010/05/23/ISSA-minutes2.pdf

This is the cover page and two other pages from the secret military agreement between Israel and South Africa, signed by both Shimon Peres and Botha. Note on page two there is a clause that says the very existence of the agreement is secret. Both men have signed the agreement on page three.

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2010/05/23/Israel-SAagreement.pdf

In this letter, dated 11 November 1974, Peres says Israel and the South African apartheid government share a "common hatred of injustice" and urges a "close identity of aspirations and interests".

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2010/05/23/Peres-letter.pdf

snip

[sarisataka]

2. The other two

Are India and Pakistan.

It is generally accepted Israel has components to assemble bombs. South Africa could also likely produce nuclear weapons.

[Celerity]

16. South Africa had nukes with help from Israel, but dismantled them in 1989

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

also

Revealed: how Israel offered to sell South Africa nuclear weapons

Exclusive: Secret apartheid-era papers give first official evidence of Israeli nuclear weapons

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/23/israel-south-africa-nuclear-weapons

[Nevilledog]

3. Wouldn't have to be limited to current possession of nukes.

I think it was Iran or Israel with the buyer being Saudi Arabia

[Beachnutt]

10. I think you and FBaggins nailed it with Iran

as Iran has a bounty on trump and his associates I think.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Here is the list countries with nuclear weapons as of 2022:

Russia - 6,255 nuclear warheads
United States of America - 5,550 nuclear warheads
China - 350 nuclear warheads
France - 290 nuclear warheads
United Kingdom - 225 nuclear warheads
Pakistan - 165 nuclear warheads
India - 156 nuclear warheads
Israel - 90 nuclear warheads
North Korea - none, but material to build 40-50 nuclear warheads

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-nuclear-weapons

[tinrobot]

5. Here's the list:

Russia — 6,257 (1,458 active, 3039 available, 1,760 retired)
United States — 5,550 (1,389 active, 2,361 available, 1,800 retired)
China — 350 available (actively expanding nuclear arsenal)
France — 290 available
United Kingdom — 225 available
Pakistan — 165 available
India — 156 available
Israel — 90 available
North Korea — 40-50 available (estimated)

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/nuclear-weapons-by-country

You could probably add in a few others that might have or are developing them - South Africa, Iran, etc.

[Mr.Bill]

6. You mean eight countries that we know of.

Or they want us to know about. Missing from your list of six is Israel. I seem to remember for many years we hid the fact that Israel had nukes.

[Turbineguy]

7. It could also be a wannabe, like Iran, or Saudi Arabia.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Trump would sell to the highest bidder(s).

Or to those threatening him in some way, or for paying off past debts.
Or put his enemies in harm's way.

He would also sell to the same information to multiple buyers to increase the revenue.

[relayerbob]

9. Isreal's bombs

It wasn't JUST the nuclear weapons. The statement was that it was concerning the defense postures, including nuclear weapons, which means it included a bunch of other key info, likely more useful in a practical sense, than the nuke materials. Buyers? That would be Saudi Arabia, and probably worth $2-3 Billion.

[Sneederbunk]

15. I am guessing France.

He had stuff on Macron and Macron laughed at him.

[WarGamer]

17. Iran or NK

[Stinky The Clown]

19. Israel is another one

[DemocraticPatriot]

20. India and Pakistan also have the bomb,

and quite possibly Israel also, although it is never publicly admitted.

[former9thward]

22. What documents?

The know how to build a nuclear bomb has been in the public scientific literature for at least 60 years. The problem is getting a hold of the material.

This is an article about how two students in 1964 designed a working nuclear bomb that could built at a neighborhood machine shop.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jun/24/usa.science