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Rocknrule

(5,697 posts)
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 11:43 AM Sep 2016

Poll: Nearly half of voters think Trump will detonate a nuke

Source: The Hill

A majority of voters say Donald Trump would allow the U.S. to default on its debt and that he would misuse the power of the presidency to punish his political opponents.

And nearly half of voters — 46 percent — say Trump would use a nuclear weapon to attack ISIS or another foreign enemy.

Those are the findings of a new poll conducted by SurveyMonkey on behalf of the Lincoln Leadership Initiative, a new group helmed by prominent Republican critics of Trump who are advocating for the GOP to dump the nominee and return to its “foundational values.”

The poll also found that a majority of voters believe that as president, Trump would create a database to track Muslims and order military strikes against the families of terrorists.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/297383-poll-nearly-half-of-voters-think-trump-will-detonate-a



I'm one of them
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Poll: Nearly half of voters think Trump will detonate a nuke (Original Post) Rocknrule Sep 2016 OP
Unfortunately, some people think those things are features rather than bugs. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2016 #1
About half the country, apparently. yardwork Sep 2016 #15
seriously, and that is just as scary as Trump himself Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #19
'Do you think that a President Trump would start a nuclear war to further his financial interests?' onehandle Sep 2016 #2
how many of them will vote for him because they believe that? barbtries Sep 2016 #3
Yes, they're defenitely out there! Bradical79 Sep 2016 #10
They're living in fantasyland. Safe as Milk Sep 2016 #26
Have to remember a lot of Trumpies are ignorant maryellen99 Sep 2016 #27
no kidding barbtries Sep 2016 #28
The % is higher than that. Iliyah Sep 2016 #4
Yup, that's one of the reasons they don't care about climate change either. TexasBushwhacker Sep 2016 #31
And what percent of that percent is okay with it? Chicago1980 Sep 2016 #5
Hopefully we have some congressional dems looking into impeachment Bradical79 Sep 2016 #6
President Pence wouldn't be much better Rocknrule Sep 2016 #7
Peance is evil but more mentaly stable Bradical79 Sep 2016 #12
Well GWC58 Sep 2016 #9
It's Trump's mental stability that worries me Bradical79 Sep 2016 #13
Pence wants the End Of Days so he can join the Rapture. TeamPooka Sep 2016 #17
And yet .. ananda Sep 2016 #8
Hell I'd support "take all our nukes and give them to Russia" Rocknrule Sep 2016 #11
Sounds like Trump's plan ^ world wide wally Sep 2016 #29
His only position on Putin is reverse cowgirl Rocknrule Sep 2016 #30
"If we have all these nukes why don't we use them?" 90-percent Sep 2016 #14
I can see the T-shirts now: Rocknrule Sep 2016 #22
the biggest problem is that it could be over the USA. nt TeamPooka Sep 2016 #16
Someone should get Liberalagogo Sep 2016 #18
He'd nuke someone awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #20
What's more to the point, what do people who have nuclear weapons think? jtuck004 Sep 2016 #21
And to his supporters that's a GOOD thing. Kablooie Sep 2016 #23
Ever since Trump gave the interview about not honoring NATO if Putin invades Eastern Europe maryellen99 Sep 2016 #24
It's almost as if... freebrew Sep 2016 #25
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2016 #32
Ridiculous Puzzledtraveller Sep 2016 #33

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
2. 'Do you think that a President Trump would start a nuclear war to further his financial interests?'
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 11:49 AM
Sep 2016

'Yes'



barbtries

(28,798 posts)
3. how many of them will vote for him because they believe that?
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 11:51 AM
Sep 2016

listening to Washington Journal several weeks ago, a caller came on - voter for trump. he said - i mean almost with glee! - that trump would start WWIII, and it would last about 100 years. and this caller was perfectly happy with that scenario.

i am horrified by these people, but there's no denying they're out there. they are not ALL paid trolls.

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
10. Yes, they're defenitely out there!
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:06 PM
Sep 2016

I was one of them at one time. Not gleeful by any means, but a prophecy believer. Unlike just about everyone else at the church, I rarely voted Republican. I figured the coming final battle didn't mean we had to make bad decisions in the interim.

Safe as Milk

(51 posts)
26. They're living in fantasyland.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 02:39 PM
Sep 2016

When people are enthusiastic about any war, worldwide or otherwise, they're divorced from reality. War is death. It's systematic, mass murder and massive destruction of property. The US hasn't had a war on its soil since the 1860s. Folks have no idea how a nation of relative prosperity can turn into rubble and ruin through a war on its soil. It happens fast, where Death is as commonplace as morning breakfast.

maryellen99

(3,789 posts)
27. Have to remember a lot of Trumpies are ignorant
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 02:48 PM
Sep 2016

They believe that "our weapons are so old they wouldn't have any effect" and that "the fallout would stay over there and not drift here".

barbtries

(28,798 posts)
28. no kidding
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 04:39 PM
Sep 2016

death and destruction, that's what war is. i can't fathom the mindset that would welcome such misery.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
4. The % is higher than that.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 11:52 AM
Sep 2016

That's why religious fanatics are voting for t-rump because for them it's prophecy which plays into the hands of the "end days". For sane people, t-rump is unstable.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,192 posts)
31. Yup, that's one of the reasons they don't care about climate change either.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 06:27 PM
Sep 2016

They think the end times are nigh and that means they will be raptured, watching Armageddon play out from Heaven above, sharing a big bucket of popcorn with Jesus.

A distant relative, Grace Halsell, wrote 2 books about this. They are out of print, but still available from used book sellers.

Prophecy and Politics: Militant evangelists on the road to nuclear war

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0882082108/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_0882082108

Forcing God's Hand: Why Millions Pray for a Quick Rapture ... and Destruction of Planet Earth

https://www.amazon.com/Forcing-Gods-Hand-Millions-Destruction/dp/1590080157

I never knew her, but she was a journalist, covering the wars in Korea and Vietnam. She was also a speechwriter for LBJ and wrote 10 books.

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
6. Hopefully we have some congressional dems looking into impeachment
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 11:55 AM
Sep 2016

Should he somehow beat the odds and become president, I would think we'd make a strong effort to remove his criminal ass. Hopefully convince enough conventional Republicans of the reality of an exisential threat and that a President Peance would be in their best interest.

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
12. Peance is evil but more mentaly stable
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:09 PM
Sep 2016

I think it would lower the odds of humanity ending nuclear war.

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
13. It's Trump's mental stability that worries me
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:20 PM
Sep 2016

Pence is more likely to understand that we can't nuke someone for fun because we will probably die. I don't think any Republican candidate has ever demonstrated Trump's inability to comprehend the problems of a nuclear strike.

ananda

(28,864 posts)
8. And yet ..
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:06 PM
Sep 2016

.. how many of these eejits will vote for this raging
egomaniacal hatemonger!

The mind boggles ...

Rocknrule

(5,697 posts)
11. Hell I'd support "take all our nukes and give them to Russia"
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:08 PM
Sep 2016

as being a safer option than giving Trump they keys

90-percent

(6,829 posts)
14. "If we have all these nukes why don't we use them?"
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:46 PM
Sep 2016

Downright STRANGELOVIAN!

The appeal of nukes for Donald reminds me of my childhood fascination with fire works.

It's just this psychopath is like nukes are the firecrackers OLIGARCHS like to play with.

Imagine a nuclear pissing match between Donald and Kim Jung?

*bomb*
*twitter bomb*
*bomb them back*
*twitter bomb*

We bombed north korea back to the stone age and all we got was a completely leveled New York City.



-90% Jimmy

Rocknrule

(5,697 posts)
22. I can see the T-shirts now:
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 02:15 PM
Sep 2016

"I voted for Trump and all I got was this lousy thermonuclear apocalypse"

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
21. What's more to the point, what do people who have nuclear weapons think?
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 02:02 PM
Sep 2016

If you are convinced the the real estate swindler is gonna shoot, even if there is a MAD pact, (google it) you would be a fool not to shoot first. That is the only way you have any chance at all of "winning", if there is any.

He might show us that we could have come together against something more threatening than our petty racism and bigotry.

Just before we all die.

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
23. And to his supporters that's a GOOD thing.
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 02:26 PM
Sep 2016

Trump himself has said he doesn't see any reason why they can't use nukes.

maryellen99

(3,789 posts)
24. Ever since Trump gave the interview about not honoring NATO if Putin invades Eastern Europe
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 02:29 PM
Sep 2016

Plus the story about trump asking why can't we use nukes if we have them, I've been watching mock nuclear war broadcasts. Here's one that's very realistic


[link:

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freebrew

(1,917 posts)
25. It's almost as if...
Fri Sep 23, 2016, 02:39 PM
Sep 2016

he listened to Randy Newman's song 'Political Science'
and didn't get the sarcasm. haha?

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