[Analemma_]

> Besides countries like Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan do not have their own nuclear deterrent capabilities.

All four of these countries are under the US's nuclear umbrella and so don't need nuclear weapons. Which suits their politicians just fine: they get to have the safety of a nuclear deterrent without having to take the PR hit of supporting a nuclear weapons program.

But take note of groby_b's comment that America's commitment to the nuclear shield is suddenly looking very shaky. While they're still very much the minority for the moment, a few politicians on the Japanese right are gently bringing up the possibility of Japanese nuclear weapons, and if Trump keeps snuggling up to Putin, it wouldn't surprise me at all if Germany, Italy and Spain started seeing the same thing.

[magduf]

>and if Trump keeps snuggling up to Putin, it wouldn't surprise me at all if Germany, Italy and Spain started seeing the same thing.

Can't they just snuggle up to their close neighbor and EU/NATO partner France? France is a nuclear power too, don't forget. UK is one too, and still part of NATO.