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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (7 children)

What are the odds he pushes the button?

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[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Blood thirsty jackass

[–] ryrybang@lemmy.world 25 points 12 hours ago

I'm sure Trump's spiritual advisor, Kid Rock, will talk him out of this once he's briefed into the classified plans.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

He's trying to bluff a nuke. He won't do it. He'll do more bombing runs, and that will be bad enough, but he won't nuke them.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 hours ago

For the first time in years do I hope he is a taco.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That's not a good look, Donald.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@piefed.social 1 points 6 hours ago

Ha. If ONLY Cecil was president right now.

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

How's he going to do that? Just more bullshit from the deranged imbecile. Just a clown clowning around.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 27 points 12 hours ago

The obvious fear is nukes. He has the authority to launch them, or to at least give the order to do so.

Scary stuff

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 hours ago

Way to go, Trump. Now, no country will even think about helping you with your military adventurism, if you're talking about dropping nukes or otherwise planning to murder scores of civilians.

[–] spagbolioli@feddit.uk 7 points 11 hours ago

This is the art of the deal, threaten and bully until he gets what he wants

If he nukes Iran, expect Israel to face the repercussions

If he continues to harm China's oil expect them to hand Iran free nuclear warheads and hypersonic missiles

I can't see anyway out of this that doesn't end up with a stronger Iran

[–] a_g_marut@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

τῶν δὲ μαντηίων ἀμφοτέρων ἐς τὠυτὸ αἱ γνῶμαι συνέδραμον, προλέγουσαι Κροίσῳ, ἢν στρατεύηται ἐπὶ Πέρσας, μεγάλην ἀρχὴν μιν καταλύσειν·

and the judgment given to Croesus by each of the two oracles was the same, to wit, that if he should send an army against the Persians he would destroy a great empire.

Source: https://www.loebclassics.com/view/herodotus-persian_wars/1920/pb_LCL117.61.xml

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[–] fizzle@quokk.au 9 points 12 hours ago

I feel like we're about to see another ugly, unnecessary humanitarian crisis.

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