Posted on 03/24/2016 2:15:41 PM PDT by Steelfish
DONALD TRUMP OPEN TO NUCLEAR RETALIATION AFTER BRUSSELS ATTACK
Reena Flores CBS News March 24, 2016 Donald Trump is not ruling out the use of nuclear weapons in the U.S. fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to an interview with the GOP front-runner that aired on Bloomberg TV Wednesday.
Asked if he would consider nuclear retaliation after this week's terror attacks in Brussels, Trump responded: "Well, I'm never gonna rule anything out. And I wouldn't wanna say. Even if I felt -- it wasn't going -- I wouldn't wanna tell you that because, at a minimum, I want them to think maybe that we would use it."
"The fact is that we need unpredictability," Trump said of his openness to using nuclear weapons. "When you ask a question like that, it's a very - it is a very sad thing to have to answer it because the enemy is watching and I have a very good chance of winning. I frankly don't want the enemy to know how I'm thinking. But with that being said, I don't rule out anything."
When pressed on whether he would have utilized America's nuclear capabilities after September 11, Trump said that he would only have used it as a "last resort."
During his interview, Trump emphasized that terrorists "are winning" and "we don't do anything about it."
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Won’t work in our media obsessed world. He left open the possibility and that’s the whole point. Cruz said he’ll carpet bomb and got gobsmacked by the liberal media. Just see the duststorm that comes next.
He said all options on the table basically so why twist words. It is crap like this which makes the media and people like you small.
Presidents shouldn’t rule anything out in war. It’s pretty clear this is just a manufactured headline from a perfectly reasonable response to a dumb question.
This is standard US policy to never rule out first use of nuclear weapons. Always has been.
Trump is 100% correct. Nothing in our defense arsenal should be taken off the table. By the way, Huck Fillary!!
“I see nothing wrong with his comments.”
Neither do I.
it is every day now where cruz voters on here , not all mind, but the usual cultists who twist words, play victim, and then come out with some insane accusations.
I don’t know why because the fact is what is posted on here is not the country.
“Great way to Beat Hillary. This ass is definitely going to lose the general election that will change our country forever. Watch the decisive “moderates” in droves especially in purple states embrace Bernie or Hillary”
The power of the United States should not be limited for PC purposes. He is showing strong leadership against a vicious enemy that CAN take this nation down fool.
He didn’t say he was going to, he said he would not rule it out. That is an important distinction.
Yeah, now we’re talkin!!!
Think. If Mecca is gone, we have nothing to hold over their heads. Nuke Medina.
I have liked Trump from day one because he is so unpredictable. He’s a giant question mark and giant question marks make everyone nervous and fearful. Obama is the complete opposite of a question mark. Obama doesn’t make anyone nervous or fearful.
You know, that is the traditional response for many years. American presidents are never supposed to say that they would not, or would, invoke a nuclear response.
The point is they should never box themselves in.
As a STRONG LEADER you never take ANY possibility off the table.
Anyone who has NEVER led and objects, is simply subscribing to being a "politically correct" little sheep.
God help us if this clown gets his hands on the nuclear trigger.
> I see nothing wrong with his comments.
I see no relationship between his comments and the headline.
The MEDIA lies, again.
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