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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump repeatedly asked foreign-policy expert why he can't use nuclear weapons
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/joe-scarborough-trump-repeatedly-asked-a-foreign-policy-expert-why-cant-we-use-nukes/According to Scarborough, a foreign policy expert who briefed Trump told him that the Republican nominee repeatedly asked him about our countrys reluctance to use nuclear weapons.
Three times he asked about the use of nuclear weapons, Scarborough said. Three times he asked, at one point, If we have them, why cant we use them? Thats one of the reasons he doesnt have foreign policy experts around.
Scarborough then asked his guest, former CIA and National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden, about whether there were any ways to stop Trump from ordering a nuclear strike if he were elected president.
The system is designed for speed and decisiveness, Hayden replied. Its not designed to debate the decision.
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Trump repeatedly asked foreign-policy expert why he can't use nuclear weapons (Original Post)
DetlefK
Aug 2016
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apcalc
(4,465 posts)1. I'd like to see/hear the answers given.
What were the explanations? Why didn't the answers sink in? Too complex?
I mean, it is ridiculous for him to not know why not use them, but after explanation, he still didn't get it?
Vattel
(9,289 posts)2. fucking scary
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)7. Exactly what I was thinking.
mindfulNJ
(2,367 posts)3. WTF JOE SCUM!
If you knew this why were you kissing Dump's ass through the whole primary process???
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)4. The missiles are flying!
ProfessorPlum
(11,276 posts)5. exactly
Hallelujah, hallelujah
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)6. This will only serve to prop him up with the moronic Republican base!
HALLELUJAH, TRUMP IS GOING TO BRING ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE!!!!
TRUMP WILL BRING BACK JEEEEEZUS!!!!!!!!
TRUMP WILL BRING BACK JEEEEEZUS!!!!!!!!
Dem2
(8,168 posts)8. Never thought I'd think this ad was going to be appropriate ever again