Former Nuke Weapons Officer Goes Off: Trump Is 'So Damn Dangerous'

[MohRokTah]

Former Nuke Weapons Officer Goes Off: Trump Is 'So Damn Dangerous'

Conservative national security hawk and former Jeb Bush adviser John Noonan used a Wednesday tweetstorm to sound off on his concerns about a report that Donald Trump had repeatedly asked an unnamed adviser why the United States could not use nuclear weapons.

"Buckle the hell up," Noonan tweeted. "Nuclear deterrence is about balance. Trump is an elephant jumping up and down on one side of the scale. So damn dangerous."

Before moving to the Foreign Policy Initiative and advising Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush during their campaigns, Noonan served as a Minuteman III nuclear launch officer in the U.S. Air Force.

In a Wednesday morning interview with retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough claimed that Trump allegedly asked why the U.S. could not use nuclear weapons several times during a briefing with an unnamed foreign policy expert.

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Read the entire storified set of tweets here:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-noonan-trump-nuclear-weapons-twitter?utm_content=bufferec5a0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[Big Blue Marble]

1. Horrifying and chilling.

He has to stopped!!!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. I keep thinking

... of the movie (based on Stephen King's book) titled "The Dead Zone."

Martin Sheen played the Presidential candidate named Stillson.

Stillson appealed to white blue-collar crowds too.

I guess that I won't "spoil" it, although the movie is over 30 years old now.

[ProfessorPlum]

3. Hallelujah, hallelujah

I can't get that out of my head either

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. Maybe Trump will use a baby as a shield...

... like Stillson did in the movie?

Trump would probably STILL get millions of votes, however.

[ailsagirl]

5. Great movie...

a bit too bloody for my taste, but what a plot!!!



Then there's THIS:

http://www.inquisitr.com/2895400/the-dead-zone-did-stephen-king-predict-the-rise-of-donald-trump/

[ProfessorPlum]

7. thanks for that link

lots of laughs, and some creepy shivers as well

[eleny]

6. kr