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ncgrits

(916 posts)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:47 AM Aug 2016

Trump Kept Asking During Foreign Policy Briefing Why He Can’t Just Use Nukes

"According to a report from MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump asked a foreign policy advisor three times during a briefing why he couldn’t just use nuclear weapons to solve the nation’s problems."

Dear god. I saw the link on Gawker and thought it was to an Onion article. . . .


http://www.mediaite.com/tv/report-trump-kept-asking-during-foreign-policy-briefing-why-he-cant-just-use-nukes/

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COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
2. This should be in huge banner headlines and trumpeted all over the MSM.
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:54 AM
Aug 2016

It ought to be an instant disqualifier for every voter (save the mouth-breathers that wouldn't vote against Trump if he strangled a kitten at high noon in front of the Supreme Court)
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Instead, what will be the shiny object that catches their fancy (and their headlines) today? You can be sure that they won't touch this with a 20-foot poll - unless they can invent something about Hillary to make the reporting 'fair and balanced.

senseandsensibility

(17,066 posts)
9. It is.
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 12:39 PM
Aug 2016

Starting yesterday, the corporate media is discussing everything he says or does. They must be afraid
he's going to affect their bottom line.

no_hypocrisy

(46,130 posts)
7. Because Trump is an executive who's used to cutting corners to make arbitrary decisions,
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 10:39 AM
Aug 2016

I can't say I'm surprised that he would find nuclear weapons far more expedient than foreign policy or diplomacy.

Demsrule86

(68,586 posts)
8. This is why I say it is all hands on deck...I don't care who you supported in the primary
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 10:59 AM
Aug 2016

Donald Trump must never be president.

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
10. I am SO glad I'm not that FSO
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 12:43 PM
Aug 2016

By about the fourth "why can't we just nuke 'em?" I would have strangled the Oompa-Loompa.

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