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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Sun Dec 23, 2018, 02:42 PM Dec 2018

This president has not been tested by a major national-security crisis. But it will come, and..."

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"The saving grace is that this president has not been tested by a major national-security crisis. But it will come, and when it does, we are fucked,” said a senior U.S. national-security official.

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This president has not been tested by a major national-security crisis. But it will come, and..." (Original Post) Miles Archer Dec 2018 OP

What about when North Korea threatened to attack Guam? oberliner Dec 2018 #1

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Dec 2018 #2

Actually, he WAS tested -- at Helsinki. Girard442 Dec 2018 #3

Russias cyber election attack is a crisis . He ignored it. Failed the test. pwb Dec 2018 #4

trump may try to create a major crisis - to benefit himself empedocles Dec 2018 #5

That's my fear too! He's chaotic and stupid. Nothing IMO good could come from him trying RKP5637 Dec 2018 #6

K&R!!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2018 #7

break??? Ms. Toad Dec 2018 #8

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

1. What about when North Korea threatened to attack Guam?

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Sun Dec 23, 2018, 02:43 PM

Dec 2018

tblue37

(65,487 posts)

2. K&R for visibility. nt

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Sun Dec 23, 2018, 02:43 PM

Dec 2018

Girard442

(6,084 posts)

3. Actually, he WAS tested -- at Helsinki.

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Sun Dec 23, 2018, 02:46 PM

Dec 2018

We all saw how that came out.

pwb

(11,287 posts)

4. Russias cyber election attack is a crisis . He ignored it. Failed the test.

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Sun Dec 23, 2018, 02:48 PM

Dec 2018

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

5. trump may try to create a major crisis - to benefit himself

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Sun Dec 23, 2018, 02:50 PM

Dec 2018

national security could be a rationale.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

6. That's my fear too! He's chaotic and stupid. Nothing IMO good could come from him trying

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Sun Dec 23, 2018, 02:54 PM

Dec 2018

to handle a major national-security crisis.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

7. K&R!!!! n/t

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Sun Dec 23, 2018, 02:55 PM

Dec 2018

Ms. Toad

(34,087 posts)

8. break???

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Sun Dec 23, 2018, 03:29 PM

Dec 2018

I stumbled over that word. Apparently others did, based om the melee on Twitter when I went there to sort it out.

(brake, not break)

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