A view of the radioactive plume from the bomb dropped on Nagasaki City, as seen from 9.6 km away, in Koyagi-jima, Japan, August 9, 1945. (Photo by Hiromichi Matsuda/Handout from Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum/Getty Images)

A view of the radioactive plume from the bomb dropped on Nagasaki City, as seen from 9.6 km away, in Koyagi-jima, Japan, August 9, 1945. (Photo by Hiromichi Matsuda/Handout from Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum/Getty Images)

There’s a protest planned in opposition to nuclear war tonight in front of the White House, after President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with “fire and fury” on Tuesday.

“Right now two inexperienced egomaniacs are facing off with nuclear weapons,” says the Facebook invite for the demonstration, organized by the groups Global Zero, MoveOn.org, Win Without War, Ultraviolet, and Code Pink. “Please join us as we take a stand for diplomacy and speak out against reckless escalation of the North Korea crisis.”

North Korea has depicted the nuclear anihiliation of D.C. in a propaganda video that said “If the American imperialists provoke us a bit, we will not hesitate to slap them with a pre-emptive nuclear strike.”

The protest, which begins at 6 p.m., falls on the 72nd anniversary of the United States dropping an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. It will include a moment of silence to commemorate that moment in history, and demonstrators are invited to bring candles with them. Trump is not at the White House this evening, as he’s in the midst of a 17-day trip to Bedminster, NJ, where he owns a golf club.

Tomihisa Taue, the mayor of the Japanese city said today that “the international situation surrounding nuclear weapons is becoming increasingly tense. A strong sense of anxiety is spreading across the globe that in the not too distant future these weapons could actually be used again.”

Here’s a description of the impact of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which was hit with one three days prior to Nagasaki by the United States.

There are about 15,000 nuclear weapons on Earth currently, 4,000 of which are actively deployed.

Emergency Rally: Stand Against Nuclear War begins at 6 p.m. in front of the White House.

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