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How Easily Could President Trump Order A Nuclear Attack
Metro ^ | November 8, 2016 | Rob Waugh

Posted on 11/09/2016 5:43:49 AM PST by Strategy

Anyone who's followed Donald J. Trump on Twitter will know that he has an explosive temper - which might be a bit of a worry when he commands the world's second-biggest nuclear arsenal.

But could he really unleash nuclear holocaust if he was a bit annoyed?

He genuinely could - so quickly, in fact, that devastation would reach the other side of the globe quicker than most of us could order a pizza to our doors.

If Donald Trump were to give the order to attack, no one can countermand it - the military will simply check the codes, and fire.

Officers may resign, but the attack would still go ahead.

(Excerpt) Read more at metro.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Russia
KEYWORDS: putin; russia; trump; trumpnatlsecurity
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To: circlecity

How long before the “antiwar”/”peace” protesters stage their first rally in 8 years?

How long before the first media reports on the homeless again?


21 posted on 11/09/2016 5:49:49 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ding Dong the MSM is dead!)
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To: Strategy

Good idea. Let him start with a warhead inside Blitzer’s situation room.


22 posted on 11/09/2016 5:49:51 AM PST by MountainWalker
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To: Mouton

Fear-mongering “prograssive”


23 posted on 11/09/2016 5:50:03 AM PST by Rapscallion (The opposite of charity is justice.)
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To: Mouton
These guys never stop

No, and they never will. We must never let our guard down.

24 posted on 11/09/2016 5:50:04 AM PST by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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To: a fool in paradise

God, I wish they would come back.

Along with John Paul.


25 posted on 11/09/2016 5:50:35 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Strategy

This is also what they were saying about Ronald Reagan.


26 posted on 11/09/2016 5:50:56 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Strategy
What a silly question.Of course the same question was asked in 1980,1984,1988,2000 and 2004.But,strangely,not in certain other years.
27 posted on 11/09/2016 5:50:58 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Strategy
Nuclear armegeddon is once cure for the author's bedwetting.
28 posted on 11/09/2016 5:51:17 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Mouton

I knew the msm would not won up much less be humble or sane for that matter.


29 posted on 11/09/2016 5:51:42 AM PST by Leep (Last Days of Hillary)
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To: Strategy

They used this kind of argument against Goldwater 52 years ago.


30 posted on 11/09/2016 5:52:31 AM PST by Theodore R. (Trump-Pence, 2016)
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To: Strategy

If Trump deployed a few nukes after inauguration against Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Boston, that would probably end the liberal menace for decades. LOL.


31 posted on 11/09/2016 5:52:53 AM PST by baltimorepoet
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To: Strategy
and where exactly are you, dear author ?

Trump needs co-ordinates...

32 posted on 11/09/2016 5:52:54 AM PST by chiller (One from the Right - One for the Fight)
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To: Mouton

Own up = o w n up.


33 posted on 11/09/2016 5:53:12 AM PST by Leep (Last Days of Hillary)
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To: baltimorepoet

At least until the next major election anyhow.


34 posted on 11/09/2016 5:55:14 AM PST by Leep (Last Days of Hillary)
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To: Strategy

I suspect Trump is a strategist and a good poker player. He uses his alleged temper as a tool. He has been too successful for too long for that temper to be out of control. Getting angry is a negotiating trick.

He also understands that some victories are not worth the cost. He will keep the swords sharp and on display, but mostly in the scabbard.


35 posted on 11/09/2016 5:55:25 AM PST by Gen.Blather (`)
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To: Strategy

Morons.

We probably averted WWIII.

Hillary has such an explosive temper aides in the White House would hide in closets or even behind curtains when she was passing by. They would cast lots to see who would bring her bad news since the were afraid the messages would be fired.

I am so relieved Trump got to be President, a builder with an aversion to conflict.


36 posted on 11/09/2016 5:56:21 AM PST by Toughluck_freeper
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To: Vaquero

I get accused of being a misogynist when I go here, but here I go:

I think God gave physical power to men because they can control it more. To use an example, I think women can have the temperament of Dachshunds and Men have the temperament of German Shepherds. Imagine a German Shepherd with the temperament of a Dachshund.

And yes, I know there are men that can’t control that power, but then, not all German Shepherds can be trusted either.

All that to say that a woman at the nuclear button scares the crap out of me. Not that a man can’t be dangerous there too, but still...


37 posted on 11/09/2016 5:56:49 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: Strategy

That concern will give pause to:

China
Iran
The UN
Russia


38 posted on 11/09/2016 5:57:11 AM PST by G Larry (Avoiding the Truth-Hillary's only expertise)
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To: Strategy

Morons.

We probably averted WWIII.

Hillary has such an explosive temper aides in the White House would hide in closets or even behind curtains when she was passing by. They would cast lots to see who would bring her bad news since they were afraid the messenger would be fired.

I am so relieved Trump got to be President, a builder with an aversion to conflict.


39 posted on 11/09/2016 5:57:50 AM PST by Toughluck_freeper
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To: PrairieLady2

Yup! Another goofy article. Why not ban these stupid articles since reason is once again restored to this government.


40 posted on 11/09/2016 6:00:14 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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