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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Low key concerned he’s gonna try to use nukes tonight

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

Low key concerned he’s gonna try to use nukes tonight

Lets look at the repercussions of that;

Next day global stock markets drop to near zero, combine that with runs on all banks as everyone tries to get to cash at the same time.

All countries stop doing business or trade with US government and US companies.

All countries nationalize their own oil production and refuse to sell any to the US or the open market (if there even is one).

Global depression / famine follows lasting at least a decade, while other regional conflicts turn into full blown wars, dragging most other nearby countries into them (literal world war 3).

Im not sure why trump thinks threatening to destroy or nuke Iran will somehow stabilize the region or the globe, it will do the exact opposite

There are multiple accounts and articles indicating that orangeboi has wanted to throw some nukes around since the beginning of his first stint. And now all the adults and career professionals in places where they could stop him have been replaced with sycophants. So idk, man, feels like a lot more of a roll of the dice than it should be.

Also, why do people keep insisting that orangeboi is governed by any semblance of a rational framework? He’s not. He’s demonstrably not. Stop sanewashing this shit.

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

All countries stop doing business or trade with US government and US companies.

Not even a single country would do it. US is a bully that will never have any repercussions.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 7 hours ago

We buy too much shit for them to stop.

The bigger worry is nuclear retaliation.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 7 hours ago

Hopefully he's just grandstanding and will chicken out.