We need to have someone covertly sell him a “Gaydar” system to help in targeting the West Coast.
But in reality it would cause it to go straight up and then come straight down.
We did something like this when we sold dummy missiles to Iran and Iraq during the Iran/Iraq War.
This was done because Democrats, led by House Speaker O Neal, threatened President Reagan with impeachment, if Reagan were to spend “one American dime”, or put a single soldier on the ground in Nicaragua, to halt Moscow’s attempts to turn Nicaragua into an important naval and signals intelligence hub (against the US), which was to be facilitated by Daniel Ortega taking power away from any democratic government or process.
Of course, the Nicaraguan freedom fighters were not willing to just let the local communist led by Ortega, and supported in every way by Moscow (including heavy weapons to defeat the “freedom fighters”), simply take over, so Ortega actually did kill many unwilling civilians in the process.
While Reagan intentionally did not know the details of this crazy awesome scheme, we were able to sell the dummy missiles, and purchase medical, humanitarian aid, and the weaponry necessary for the anti-communists freedom fighters to keep Nicaragua from falling to the newly minted KGB superstar Daniel Ortega.
- In a nutshell
* We sold dummy missiles to two separate enemy nations fighting each other
*Took proceeds from our enemy’s to purchase humanitarian aid and weapons, for the freedom fighters in Nicaragua, to halt the efforts of a greater enemy, Moscow, to turn Nicaragua into a Russian naval and spy hub.
It temporarily worked!
Until Bill Clinton’s presidency...
However, from the late 1990’s-2000’s Moscow (*Putin*) was finally able, with the help of Daniel Ortega (again) to turn Nicaragua into quasi-communist dictatorship, and into a vastly more dangerous and capable base for Russian Intelligence, Russian Navy, and even Russian strategic assets, now aimed at the United States.
Not all of this, but some of this can be found here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua%E2%80%93Russia_relations
*Unfortunately, Venezuela has very much experienced the same. Russian has for at least 3 decades sought to interrupt any parliamentary government in Venezuela. Russia has had significant success in the last 9 years, and Russia (*Putin*) now has a permanent Russian fleet based on the coast of Venezuela. This fleet is built around the large Russian destroyer, Peter The Great, and includes nuclear missiles, and includes nuclear subs. As well, Russia has a Russian Air Force Base in Venezuela, which has included up to 24 TU-160 jet bombers carrying nuclear bombs.
TU-160 specs here - http://www.military-today.com/aircraft/tupolev_tu160_blackjack.htm
Under Clinton and Obama, Russia parked far more nuclear weapons and intel assets in the Caribbean than they need to destroy the US.
Most Americans are completely oblivious!
Today, Russia has vastly more nuclear weapons and intel assets in the Caribbean than they every did during the Cuban Missile Crises.
Trump now knows these things, and knows he has been dealt a horrific hand, in trying to navigate protecting the USA!
Think about how complicated this becomes while Trump try’s to deal with North Korea, Eastern Europe, or the Middle East!