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Again, I don’t see how you can read this as anything other than Trump trying to normalize the idea of using nuclear weapons

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Of course it's not clear how 'blowing up the whole country' actually accomplishes the goals. It's not clear how it does anything but incentivize the regime to share the pain by blowing up the neighboring infrastructure.

He's not thinking that far. He's making threats because he doesn't know what else to do. He's scared of nukes - all Putin had to do in 2018 to make him crap his diapers was show a graphic image of a nuke hitting south Florida.

If anyone is going to fire a nuke back at the USA, hit West Palm Beach, Florida where Trump and the billionaires who control him live and the White House if Trump is there. Actually, fucking Republicans in Congress deserve to get nuked, too. They have allowed all of the shit to happen.

The absolute state of this softballing by senior journalists. This will be studied in 50’years time as how the media can be completely corrupted.

He went from "liberating" Iran to this. This is not funny, it is not normal, nor was his morning post. He needs to be removed. This can not stand.

Call all your congressional representatives, especially the Republicans because they are continuing to allow this demented Russian owned regime to exist. The horrific bloodthirsty man in our White House will not hesitate to go nuclear.

A mixture of madness, nastiness & dementia in this geriatric toddler,who should never have been given his current power, is scary beyond words. Can no-one stop this madness? For all we know, he could blow up the whole planet. He does not care, he is old & will die soon.What about the younger ones?

Congress must stop this maniac! He’s gonna NUKE us and then while we’re taking our last dying breath, the damn Republicans will say that they never thought he’d do it…. And they will perish along with us. Is this what we want? NO. Get Trump and Keg a chug out of office! IMPEACH! IMPEACH! TREASON!

When he was defeated in 2020, I truly felt we'd escaped by the skin of our teeth since the prospect of his doing something like this was always in my mind. That's why I couldn't believe peole were dumb enough to risk it twice.

I’ll tell you what’s NOT “normal.” NUCLEAR FALLOUT!!! Nuclear fallout is NOT normal, and if our worthless shit bag in chief thinks that he can simply NUKE Iran into submission, the MILLIONS of people who die a HORRIBLE death will be grounds enough for him to be keel hauled for YEARS.

Sanewashing: Before Trump does something insane, talking heads say, “Oh, he won’t do that.” Then he does something worse. Now the sanewashed assumption is, “He won’t use nukes.” What the hell is stopping him? If he gives an order, who will stand in the way?

North Korea has said they’ll nuke Israel if the US nukes Iran. Israel has the “Samson Option” and will likely nuke all surrounding nations as a final act of genocide. I’m not sure Russia or China would nuke the US is they’re not attacked.

It’s also worth noting that some people believe the Samson Option would target the entire world, not just their neighbors, with the desired result being nuclear winter.

If you think China or Russia is going to stand by and let Trump nuke their major oil supplier then hey I have a bridge to sell you lol They would blow the USA off the fucking earth … Why do you think this dumb bastard Trump backed off from the Greenland talk… EUROPE said we DARE YOU

He is so stupid. He does not have understanding of the consequences of a nuclear weapon. The consequences of his action he is in the mindset. Why the fuck do we build it? If we don’t use it literally he does not understand. He needs to be removed now. He is getting his butt kicked and he is insane.

He will not be happy until he uses a nuclear weapon. He believes everyone will praise him for being tough. His base will no matter what he does including the GOP.

It wouldn't take much effort for the Iranians to build a nuclear bomb. Maybe weeks to enrich up to 90%. Under the previous leader this was proscribed by fatwa. But I imagine procedures were put in place to begin the process if Iran was attacked. They have the know how. They have the delivery systems

Some one in America better do something about this guy before America launches the whole world into a situation that can’t be undone. Someone!? Anyone!? Americans should be storming offices of congress and senators.

Congress and members of the Supreme Court own the lack of restraint on his behavior. Polls show he no longer represents the majority of Americans. Congress needs to act while it still can. Country over party.

Wiles should play trump like Speer did Hitler—telling him when the war was lost that he couldn’t destroy everything in Germany because they were about to reconquer it: “Sir, we’ll need the power plants to pump the oil we steal.”

Where are the sane minds in this situation? Why is nobody putting checks to this lunacy? All norms have disappeared. Blind compliance by Republican's can't be tolerated. Midterms are HUGE!

Oh, fine. No one will take any notice if it's just a small tactical nuke. And once that precedent is set, I'm sure Putin will have no intention of following it in Ukraine.

There was a "B" movie many years ago where the Soviets had infiltrated the White House with an under cover spy but his only job was that if the Presient was goin' for the Nuke Button the Russian was sanctioned to "Shoot the dog!

Would that surprise me? No. Hesgeth and Trump would likely decide that a nuclear solution would prove the "might and exceptionalism of the USA" All of that with of course with the blessing of their version of the Almighty God.

I think one problem is Trump is far from the first president to gleam over taking out the regimes in Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, etc. It's an American societal problem that Trump was the one stupid enough to be blinded by his selfish need for personal glory to chase after.

It has always been leading to nukes. He doesn’t understand the point of having them if you don’t use them. And he’ll use far more than the two deployed to end WWII bc his ego will permit nothing less than “the most.”

If circling back to kill the survivors ("double tap") was a two day news item, nuclear war is probably not that big a deal to them. Fox will make it make sense and the lib tears will be worth it.

I often wonder what line the Republicans in Congress will finally decide that Trump has crossed in deciding to take action to remove him- if his actions and posts now are not that line my thoughts are that they are also responsible for the deaths incurred because of his war.

He will slather on more to further intimidate them. Shouldn't they all be getting on better terms with their lord and savior instead of coddling an ignorant warMonger?

Iran has defeated Trump personally. All Trump has in an attempt to feel victorious is to take whatever desperate measures he can but, despite the fire and brimstone rhetoric, not only does he lose but so does the US once they become isolated due to his actions. They will only have Israel left.

If he does it, then America becomes a pariah amount all nations. This will also lead to some very serious and deadly attacks in our own country. He doesn’t care as long as he gets to swing his tiny little mushroom headed dick around

When the generals briefed Trump for term 1.0, he kept returning to the topic of nuclear weapons. "We have nuclear weapons, why can't we use them." Needless to say, the generals were very concerned.

When the generals briefed Trump for term 1.0, he kept going back to the topic of nuclear weapons. He kept saying/asking "We have nuclear weapons why can't we use them.?" Needless to say, the generals were very, very concerned.

If you re-read his comments from 2016 to Matthews, Scarborough & others, it's definitely 'on the table' He's ITCHING to 'show his power' -- he's the Madman in every 'superhero movie' we've ever watched, only this time there in 'Superhero' in the equation. JUST A MADMAN WITH NUKES AND A FRAGILE EGO

I said when waking to the reality of a war with Iran lat month that if trump doesn't use a tactical nuke it will have gone better than I expected it to. He's been telegraphing that possibility over and over and over again.

I’m guessing Putin made sure he had enough domestic drone production before he helped unleash catastrophe in the Middle East along with Israel, Republicans, and Prince Bone Saw.

Stanky corrupt geezer could be trying to manipulate the market. Talk crazy, watch where the market goes, then place a big bet just before announcing he’s giving diplomacy another shot or some such. Market reversal, big profits. Wouldn’t be the first time, lord knows.

No thought for humanity, please someone tell me that the US military will oppose blowing up the whole country, and not carry out an illegal order. He has boxed himself into a corner and this is not a good thing, he will go through at some point with his threats because his narcissism will demand it

What should be “off limits” is the monstrosity passing itself off as a human being & President.This should be the very last straw for everyone.Politics has no part in keeping a vile,criminal,liar bent on violence here & in other countries in office.He belongs in a prison mental ward now.

He’s a sociopathic bully. I sure hope and pray our allies intelligence agencies are monitoring this closely. He would attack American soil and blame Iran to get himself out of this mess. He is certifiably a sociopath.

tRump has an itchy trigger finger. He wants to destroy everything. If the GOP doesn't do their part to stop him he will use the nuclear option.

Setting aside the absolutely insane immorality, what does nuking the source of so much of the world's oil, gas, sulfur, etc. accomplish strategically? If you thought a closed Strait or Hormuz was bad for the world's economy, imagine a highly irradiated Strait of Hormuz.

I'm not sure there's a lot of strategic thinking going on in this regime - or anyway, they're not pursuing goals that make any sense to most of us, so their strategies don't make sense either.

If he is not immediately removed from office just what the hell is the point of a constitution or any form of democratic process in the US? It took Hitler years to become this deranged.

Congressional Republicans wanted power, no matter the cost. They could put a stop to all of this tomorrow. But, no. Power.

Just too much money, power, influence and adulation for these bozos, so why should they morph into something useful, like real legislators? Had a friend who was a tobacco lobbyist and he said that most of his pathetic clients said being an elected official was the best job they’d ever had.

It’s less a direct normalization of nuclear use, and more a dangerous rhetorical strategy that flirts with that boundary—and that distinction matters, because rhetoric at that level still has real-world consequences.

I think it’s the “whole country” thing and the timeframe of days not weeks. Iran is big with 90m. To do what he seems to be fantisizing about would be difficult, I think, with conventional weapons. We don’t know what his Middle East buddies are trying to encourage either.

We all know who and what Trump is. From this point on every deranged and horrific thing does falls directly in the shoulders of Congressional Republicans for refusing to impeach and remove him….

The world is on to him Sina Toossi, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy suggested that escalation is unlikely to force Iran to back down Trump often uses aggressive rhetoric as a form of pressure, describing it as a version of “madman doctrine aimed at portraying unpredictability

This the GOP, Mike Pence, Mitch McConnell (he had the votes), and John Roberts' legacy. I hope all the so called conservatives (if there are any left) and 2024 racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, and LGBTQ averse stay at home Democrats are happy. They got what they voted (or didn't vote) for. ETTD.

He’s been jonesing to use a nuke since term one. And he absolutely will. He would do literally anything and kill literally everyone, rather than admit a mistake. They have greased the skids by progressively eliminating military leadership. Eventually, they will find someone willing to do the deed

When the U.S. nukes Iran this week, who will actually give that order? Stephen Miller? Hegseth? Rubio? We don't know if Trump is even alive today but we know he's completely bonkers. The blame must 100% go to Republicans on Capitol Hill & the 77 million [if accurate] morons who voted for Trump.

If it happens, it will be Stephen Miller and Whiskeyleaks because they are vile, ghoulish creatures. Rubio might try to talk them down but it will be to no avail.