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There is a particular indignity that comes from living in America, derived from the experience of waking up in the morning to see reports that Donald Trump has said something profoundly evil, and then needing to type "truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump" into your web browser to see if he actually said that. Once there, you can see a post in which Trump did indeed threaten to wipe out the entire civilization of Iran, stacked on top of an ad for a sketchy herbal supplement of some sort:

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!

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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 24 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

This isn't something we will be able to act on retroactively. What I mean is that if nobody in our government or military stops Trump from going nuclear in Iran there is no going back. If he isn't stopped until after it happens, nobody in the entire world will trust Americans ever again and we will all be hated (even more than we already are). This is the single biggest avoidable threat to national security that has ever existed. It's already the case that nobody outside the US cares if you are one of the "good ones" or not. If this fuck-face does what we all think he wants to do, the US and its citizens will be internationally considered a threat to everyone elses national security and will be cut off from the rest of the world indefinitely.

Nobody will give a shit who you voted for or which protests you went to or not, everyone will hate us and rightfully so. If Trump goes nuclear in Iran it'll be the end of the American Empire basically overnight.

[–] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 3 points 27 minutes ago (2 children)

Bro there won't be a world left to worry about. You trust everyone that has nukes to not mistake it for an attack on them and trigger mad?

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

For those who don't know - almost everyone knows where most major missile silos ARE, in most nuclear-capable countries. From the time the rocket is fired, you, no matter which country, have about 5-10 minutes to decide whether it's aimed at you, and whether to fire back.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

Yep this right here, if he nukes Iran we're all dead, even if the other nuclear states somehow don't retaliate, which they wouldn't but for the sake of argument, that would still completely destroy society. That would make an absurd amount of oil and natural gas unusable cutting the global supply by a margin that would be unsustainable.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 43 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Looking at you, Secret Service. If anyone can stop a nuclear war, it's you. We're all counting on you.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 3 points 12 minutes ago

If a single member of his personal agents doesnt worship him like a god I'd be shocked

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago

It seems clear the Americans will rather cling on to the life they claim to hate and the jobs they despise until they are slowly enslaved and killed, rather than risk anything to undo the massive mistake they caused by reelecting a convicted felon, child rapist and overall buffoon as president

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 5 points 22 minutes ago

He is actually threatening genocide. Didn't we hang people in Nuremburg for that?

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 23 minutes ago

And the republicans will stand there tied to the execution post going "This is still better than Biden!"

[–] Shortstack@reddthat.com 17 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Anyone else remember when Putin threatened to nuke Ukraine or anyone that helped them?

This is just trump imitating his bestie, engaging in saber rattling to cow his enemies. It’s not going to work like he thinks it will

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 22 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Except unlike Putin, Trump is certifiably insane.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

He's also much much stupider, I don't like Putin one bit but he's not a complete buffoon

[–] kbal@fedia.io 1 points 37 minutes ago

You underestimate V. Putin.

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago

Yeah there's a big difference between savvy / unhinged and sundowning / irrationally incompetent

[–] lethalspatula@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

Now's your chance to be the American Jamie Lanister!

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 18 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 9 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Unfortunately that just puts JD Couchfucker in the seat with Mike NoFap Johnson in the passenger seat.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

OK and? He's demented also but not "on deaths doorstep with nothing to lose because he's so old" demented. He's got more to live for and hopefully has the sense not to trigger mutuality assured destruction.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 6 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think JD Vance is demented at all.

I think he's fairly well spoken, intelligent and in bed with every billionaire out there so if the base backs him he could be more dangerous than Trump.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

I'm pretty confident that even the suicidally greedy billionaire class recognizes the fact that nuking a foreign country is bad for business. However, I've underestimated their insanity before so maybe I'm wrong

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

True but he also has negative rizz.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Thats okay cause the same trick will work on Cushion Pusher, too.

But then Johnson gets the Gerald Ford treatment.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

then keep going until they give up or have no more subs left

[–] PityPityBangBang@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

There are also the Ferengi amongst us making huge ducats off blood on the streets.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

God bless the great people of Iran

Bless them with holy fire

Bless their schools and hospitals

Bless their bridges and power plants

Bless them all to hell in the name of American ignorance

Sixty-five years of unchecked growth of military power

Let the world mourn the consequences as it will

[–] marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

I can hear him salivating at the thought.