Let them. We are a country run by an extremist dictator with enough nukes to end the world multiple times over. Our historical adversary is a country run by an extremist dictator with enough nukes to end the world multiple times over. Our largest trading partner is an extremist dictator with enough nukes to end the world multiple times over.

As history has taught, having nukes is -apparently- one of the only ways to make imperialists hesitate when they have more power.