It’s not either-or. Money that aren’t spend on nuclear will be mostly spent on burning fossil fuels, because that’s the niche they occupy together.

In 2018, while serving his 4th presidential term, Putin publicly declared that he wasn’t going to run for the 3rd term (he forgot to count the first two, stuff like that happens, you know). He is now serving his 5th term.

In 1935. By 1940 everyone who was able to say that was already not in a position to say anything. US is just at the beginning of the journey.