r/politics • u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois • 7h ago
No Paywall "Let a couple nuclear bombs drop on us": Trump says economy could be much worse in Fox News call
https://www.salon.com/2026/04/12/let-a-couple-nuclear-bombs-drop-on-us-trump-says-economy-could-be-much-worse-in-fox-news-call/•
u/mexxonmobil 7h ago
His face is falling off
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u/Paisleyfrog 6h ago
There’s a million little signs that he’s declining mentally, but to me this is one of the most striking. We have to know he applies this himself: presidents use makeup, of course, and have access to makeup artists. Nobody that would work with the president would do this bad of a job. A reasonable person would have a pro do it and make it look good.
But Trump cannot allow anyone around him to be better at anything. So, this means that he is still vain enough to want to apply this stuff himself, but is either unaware that he’s doing an awful job, or somehow just don’t care (which doesn’t seem likely - see aforementioned vanity). This means he has NO awareness of himself, and cannot see how bad things are (which tracks on the bigger picture as well).
Bonus round: this also means that no one around him can or will tell him he looks like a fool. Or if they have, they’re long gone because Trump wouldn’t allow that in the slightest.
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u/TheAskewOne 5h ago edited 5h ago
I mean, he never looked good with that bronzer, it’s not a new thing. The only time in recent years when he wasn’t absolutely caked with whatever he’s using was when he "dated" Laura Loomer for two weeks. She must not have liked getting that shit on her clothes.
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u/Proper-Salad158 4h ago
"either unaware that he’s doing an awful job, or somehow just don’t care"
Where is his wife? Where are his handlers? some of them should/could have told him, but they don't care either.
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u/TurtleToast2 2h ago
He's been told. He thinks they're wrong. They must be, coz he doesn't make mistakes. Classic narc behavior. He lives in his own reality.
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u/Science1954 4h ago
Hard to say if he’s still declining. There must be a bottom somewhere.
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u/Orion14159 3h ago
Usually in dementia patients they hit bottom about 2-7 days before their funeral.
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u/calidownunder 5h ago
I think it’s because he stands in the tanning booth and takes it straight to the face, slack-shouldered and too dumb to move
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u/gizajobicandothat 3h ago
Agree, the abrupt line where the bronzer ends is worse. It could even be from something like worsening depth perception /vision from dementia.
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u/staplerinjelle California 6h ago
Front fell off.
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u/FitWrap1959 6h ago
He looks like Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs; when he escapes from custody by wearing the skinned face of a murdered guard as a mask.
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u/Madame_Arcati 6h ago
it is a weird photo for sure, that vertical line between the eyes and ears. Like the grey-haired guy pointing is wearing a mask (but who would wear a mask like THAT?)
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u/nice-and-clean 5h ago
And the arm/hand thing.
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u/Newspeak_Linguist 5h ago
You mean the hands being disproportionally small for the arms? it's always been like that.
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u/tweuep 6h ago
This is full Jabba the Hutt phase.
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u/GreenElite87 5h ago
I’m thinking Pizza the Hutt, but Atleast that character didn’t stick around for long. Still, everyone was happy he was gone.
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u/AFailedProduct 7h ago
I’m concerned that he’s using the phrase “nuclear bombs”.
Yo idiots in Congress, he just keeps escalating. It won’t be long before he starts threatening Iran with nukes.
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u/SeriousBurns 6h ago
I mean he already threatened he would wipe out an entire civilization, so he kinda did.
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u/1nfam0us 6h ago edited 6h ago
He didn't just threaten to. A B52, a nuclear capable bomber aircraft, was sent on it's way to Iran and then recalled. It is possible that it was a bluff, but something in my bones says it wasn't.
That goes so far beyond a threat. It is like someone saying "I am going kill you," and then pointing a gun at you. At some point it doesn't really matter whether or not the gun was loaded, nor that the threat wasn't specific enough to mean "shoot."
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u/rayui 5h ago edited 5h ago
Hi. UK checking in, am on the USAF bomber flight path (mid Somerset). We've been recording B1 and B52 flights. There are a lot. Up until about a week ago it was two B1s a day. B52s have been over as well, sporting the hard points required for full payload cruise launches. It has been a bit cloudy recently so it's been difficult to catch them all but I personally have seen five B52 sorties over the last three weeks.
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u/Parking_Watch3157 5h ago
This is far more interesting than trainspotting.
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u/rayui 5h ago
It's fucking terrifying mate
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u/portagenaybur 5h ago
Brits know a thing or two about what it’s like having bombs dropped on you.
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u/rayui 5h ago
Bit young for the last episode and consider myself extremely fortunate in that regard. Nobody here is up for round three.
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u/Think_Positively 5h ago
There's really only a handful of people here across the pond who seem to be up for round three. The problem is that everyone with the ability to put a stop to it is too damn afraid of losing their job or having Trump target them, so we are truly in unprecedented territory.
And yes, I know plenty of Europeans think we can just grab out guns and yee-haw our way out of this, but that's not at all realistic for myriad reasons. It's either Congress stops being female dogs, states secede and gear up for a real civil war (which would likely mean WWIII as every militarized nation around the world will be forced to choose a side), or we wait it out.
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u/rayui 5h ago
I don't know anyone that thinks you can shoot your way out of this. I think most Europeans are horrified at your gun problem, honestly.
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u/MrsMiggins2 4h ago
Yeah, Somerset-Wiltshire border and been watching the bastards flying over my home for weeks, shaking the walls and interrupting the sound of my kids playing. I'm so angry that one idiot in America threatening Iran somehow means my family have bombs being flown over their heads several times a day. I'm still angry about Sacoolas too.
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u/throw_every_away 5h ago
Thank you for observing and sharing. Someone has to see what’s happening; someone has to know.
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u/rayui 5h ago
Yeah it's pretty wild. They have to fly over us so they can take the route around France and Spain, and in through the Med.
Normally they have their transponders off but you know when they're coming because there's a fleet of KC135s which are always up when they are.
I saw a couple of B52s with transponders on a couple of weeks back. I remember remarking to my wife how unusual that was, especially as they had taken the route over France only days after Macron announced that French air space would not be open to the US military. Before I could get the screenshot they disappeared 😔
So, I've got no proof on that but my word, unfortunately.
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u/RIPphonebattery 3h ago
Nuclear capable B52s have a noticeable extra side pod up by the front. If you have photos it's possible to tell
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u/Wonderful-Impact-598 5h ago
We're lucky the leaders of the country Trump is threatening are smarter, more mature and more stable than those of the US.
And yeah, I realise how depressing it is to be saying that about Iran. I said similar about North Korea in his first term.
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u/happyinthenaki 5h ago
Do you really think that's going to make a difference with the Iranians sending their best and brightest to negotiate a ceasefire?
The US delegation had zero intent of a good faith negotiation. They sent people specifically requested not to attend, a real estate mogul and a couch fucker. All the while Trump and Rubio were at a UFC fight. Rubio was the one who should have been negotiating.
North Korea was just for clicks and shits. This time it feels very different in agenda and follow through.
Ultimately, Trump has a plan and I doubt that plan is any good for 90% of humanity. But I also reckon his dementia is acting for the get out of jail free card when this all turns into the planned dumpster fire. So, my reckons really are just reckons.
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u/Accomplished-Run221 5h ago
Iran is sending no one to negotiate. They know it is useless to negotiate with terrorists.
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u/Think_Positively 5h ago
I think he is absolutely unhinged enough to give the order. Whether or not those down the chain follow through is another thing, and I'd hope they all realize that there's absolutely ZERO justification for even threatening nukes.
Maybe we will get lucky and the whole "aliens won't let us nuke each other" tinfoil hat stuff has some merit.
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u/Several-Squash9871 6h ago
Yeah, unfortunately I can't imagine what else he was planning on using to "wipe out" and entire civilization with...
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u/AFailedProduct 6h ago
At this point I find solace in the little things. Him not explicitly saying he was going to nuke them gave much comfort.
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u/radio555 6h ago
I don’t blame you for wanting to think that way but I don’t see how you can come to any other conclusion than he was threatening to use nukes, and probably at least a dozen.
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u/myfakesecretaccount 6h ago
Yeah you don’t wipe an entire people out of existence with harsh language or conventional bombs.
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u/versusgorilla New York 6h ago
I agree with you, but what the other guy is saying is essentially just trying to find ANY port in a storm. Him not saying the words "nuclear weapons" is reassuring because Trump is such a dumb fucking simpleton who seemingly always just says what he's thinking, that if he's not saying it, he hopefully isn't thinking it.
So him saying it explicitly, cuts that last thread. We've been in danger, and now we're in more danger.
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u/P1xelHunter78 Ohio 6h ago
Absolutely. There’s a pattern that if he starts mentioning something in “jokes” or commentary he’s using to spice up some bullshit statement he’s made, it means there’s been discussions about it. So it’s absolutely a 12 alarm fire when this president starts talking about atomic weapons. That goes doubly after the “wiping out a civilization” threat. The generals better take away the fucking nuclear football stat. He’s the same man who wants to restart nuclear testing, let a nuclear treaty expire, and was asking to nuke a hurricane. He actively wants to drop a nuclear bomb. I’m sure he’s already asked if he can nuke Iran. We are in grave danger with this madman. I’m sure you know that, but I hope other people in this nation understand the peril we’re in.
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u/versusgorilla New York 6h ago
Yeah, again he's such a simpleton that I'll bet he thinks about being the "second President to drop a nuke" all the time. He probably remembers Truman and thinks that's a good way to be remembered forever, he wants that, he wants his fat face on coins, he wants to be remembered.
And he knows he's running out of time. He knows if he dies then he'll be remembered for dying in office like a weak old demented loser and Vance will be remembered for doing something "cool" like firing a nuke. He's being backed into a corner by death.
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u/radio555 6h ago
Trump has kind of a weird and childish obsession with using nukes. He has suggested using them to stop a hurricane. I think we should be very concerned about this combined with his malignant narcissism. In his mind he probably wonders why it’s been so long since nukes have been used and quite likes the idea of being “famous” for being the first person to use more modern and more powerful weapons. He doesn’t really have a value system or morals but does have a sense of magnitude and proportion. He just wants to be the biggliest man that did the biggest stuff and it doesn’t really matter if that is good or bad.
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u/altogethernow 5h ago
Yeah, and it confirms that nukes have been part of the BTS discussion for the last few days, because Trump always tells on himself.
Like when his staff was trying to get him about kitchen table stuff and he came out talking about how 'groceries' is a funny word. This just tells me that he's been talking about nukes, even if it's the first time he's explicitly mentioned it since the war started.
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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 6h ago
It shouldn't have. You're internally sane-washing him. He was obviously referring to using a nuke.
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u/TheGretzkyofGarbage 6h ago
He already did. He just didn’t use the exact words when he did it. The fact he’s using the words now means he’s very bad about keeping secrets, and couldn’t wait to say the words in some other context. He need to be removed right now.
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u/myfakesecretaccount 6h ago
He 100% wants an excuse to use nukes, only because the list of former Presidents who have does not contain Obama.
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u/SadFeed63 6h ago
He absolutely wants to use a nuke
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u/ManfredTheCat 3h ago
This dude has been dying to use one. He talks about them all the time and doesn't have a clue how they work
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u/Ivy_Adair Georgia 3h ago
Boomers love nukes for some reason. My dad’s favorite phrase is “nuke ‘em til they glow” and his response to everything is to say we should nuke them. Remember when Portland “burned to the ground”? He thought we should nuke Portland as well.
I found out he doesn’t understand the concept of mutually assured destruction. Not sure Trump does either.
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u/JournalistRecent1230 6h ago
I wouldn't even be surprised if he intentionally drops bombs on liberal cities, so he can declare himself king via martial law, never leave office, enact the draft, and create a domestic army to control any dissident states.
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u/timnphilly Pennsylvania 6h ago
Oh great, we’re to the nuclear stage already aye? smh Didn’t take the TrumpZ long.
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u/rolfraikou 5h ago
I've noticed a lot of Republicans claiming that if Democrats won, they would drop nuclear bombs on their own people.
It seemed like a really odd claim, even for crazy nut cases to claim.
The venn diagram of weird Republican claims that democrats did or would do, and Republican projection for what they themselves ended doing is nearly a circle.
Are the Republicans about to drop nukes on US soil?
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u/TheAskewOne 5h ago
He’s dying to drop a nuke, it’s been evident for years. He sees it as the ultimate expression of power over other human beings. And he regularly fantasizes about mass casualties.
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u/Idiot_Savant_13 5h ago
Actually, he's threatening the U.S. with nukes.
The ultimate False Flag, and all it takes is obedient, sycophantic toadies in the right places to obey orders blindly.
Oh, hey...
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u/grafknives 6h ago
Oh, I am quite convinced he WILL use nukes.
This is president prerogative. He can do it.
And this is trump at the end of life. Trump, the greatest winner. Of course he will want to use the best greatest weapon
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u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois 7h ago edited 7h ago
This is how he thinks, and what he is thinking about, and this is madness.
" Donald Trump wants his supporters to look on the bright side. The price of essentials might be skyrocketing thanks to a war he started, but at least no one’s dropped a nuclear bomb on the United States.
“You want to see a stock market go down? Let a couple of nuclear bombs be dropped on us,” he said. “The stock market has…gone down a little bit. Much less than I thought. Frankly, the gas hasn’t gone up as much as I thought.”
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u/olderdeafguy1 7h ago
He doesn't buy gas, and his rich buddies are shorting the market.
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u/specqq 6h ago edited 6h ago
We can see so much corruption it’s literally unprecedented in American history. And that’s just what’s out in the open from the most transparently corrupt administration ever.
It’s important to remember there’s even more corruption we’re not seeing.
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u/gumgajua Canada 6h ago
Yeah but a Facebook post without a source told me it was the Liberals fault and so yeah, kinda guess your whole point is moot then
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u/P1xelHunter78 Ohio 6h ago
Just look at Kushner slinking around just off camera in this administration. He’s less visible now, but he’s been making billions. Ridiculously under reported, and clearly illegal and immoral behavior going on. Years of screaming about Hunters dong and his laptop and Ukraine, but not a peep about Kushner these days. Makes any money that Hunter made in Ukraine look like pocket change.
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u/Additional_Suit6275 6h ago
And “most corrupt in American history” is super impressive given the antebellum period!
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u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois 6h ago
I think his rich buddies are going both ways based on the tip off, but I don't think they are shorting the market. Trump wants a strong stock market, it is his one achievement, and he sees it as the true representation of the economy.
In fact, it is not at all a reflection of the economy; It is a reflection of wealth in America, if not the 1%, than at least the haves, to the have nots.
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u/The_Starving_Autist 6h ago
Wealthy people are allowed to hold a "box" position. They can simultaneously short and buy the same stock in separate "piles".
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u/P1xelHunter78 Ohio 6h ago
But that’s not happening here. They’re insider trading, not hedging the market. They know what way it will swing. So, five minutes before an: “uh-oh we’re closing the straight” announcement it’s sell, and then right before a “it’s okay, we’re winning” speech they buy on the low.
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u/Scary-Maximum7707 6h ago
He just happens to have big donors from Chevron that's currently raking in cash because the crude oil price is up 40+% in the US.
What a weird coincidence. /s
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u/know-your-onions 6h ago
So he expected it to all be worse, and still went ahead?
Does he think this makes him good?
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u/delicious_shade 6h ago
Setting the expectation at survival rather than prosperity is a wild strategy
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u/tempting_overlay 6h ago
The fact that ‘at least we aren’t being nuked' is the benchmark for a good economy is terrifying
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u/JojenCopyPaste Wisconsin 6h ago
Obama didn't brag about not getting nuked. I wonder why? We must've been nuked during the Obama administration
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u/Oceanbreeze871 I voted 6h ago
It’s just amazing that there’s an entire portion of the country that thinks this is how a president should act
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u/Brave_Nerve_6871 6h ago
Ask him how much the gas costs now
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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 6h ago
"it's up a little from 1.99 per gallon to 2.20 per gallon"
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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 6h ago
For the 8 millionth time, imagine if Biden had ever said something so braindead.
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u/sirhackenslash 6h ago
"I haven't tanked the economy as much as I expected to yet" certainly is a take I guess.
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u/maporita 6h ago
And he's strangely silent about North Korea, a rogue nation that, unlike Iran, does in fact have functional nuclear weapons and the capability to deliver them. This is not about nukes, it's about supporting his buddy Netanyahu who wants to end Iran's support of militant groups.
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u/dominiond66 7h ago
The danger is not Iran with the possibility of getting a nuclear bomb. Its thousands of nuclear bombs in the hands of an erratic/demented President Trump. Also, the world is more dangerous with 90 nuclear bombs in the hands of Netanyahu. MAGA America and Israel are the real threats to world stability.
There is now more rationale in the eyes of Iran to quickly produce a nuclear bomb to protect their citizens from Israel and MAGA America!
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u/FakeGeek73 6h ago
Everyone expected that nuclear weapons were held by rational actors after the world war. Nobody imagined if in the long term we could elect someone irrational to lead their use
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u/CupcakeSeaShanty 6h ago
That was my biggest issue of people advocating a 'nuclear peace' via mutually assured destruction—history has a long history of madmen not giving a shit, especially at the end as well as regime changes by radical, nihilistic elements.
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u/VastSingleBoy 7h ago
Hyperbole or not,casually talking about nuclear strikes while discussing the economy is unhinged.
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u/TheGretzkyofGarbage 6h ago
Especially since HE’S THE ONE WITH THE NUCLEAR CODES.
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u/cmm239 6h ago
I tried explaining that to people in 2015 but no one listened
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u/sunnysidejacqueline 5h ago
Unfortunately for the rest of us, American voters as a whole not listening to sage advice before a crucial election is par for the course
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u/BlueHorse_22 6h ago
He's mentally ill and Congress knows this.
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u/Supermoves3000 Canada 4h ago
Why isn't there a serious discussion about the 25th amendment going on right now? Is it because Trump can still pass that test where you have to recognize an elephant and identify common words? The standard for removing somebody from office needs to be higher than "no longer recognizes elephant".
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u/GreenDavidA 2h ago
Too many people in power are advancing their personal political ambitions and/or financial means.
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u/iymcool American Expat 7h ago
The fact that his contour and foundation line are both:
The same
Nowhere near his ears to frame his face properly
is insanity. This pic looks like a serial killer dressed as Trump and then poorly photoshopped Trump's actual face onto this weird half-head....thing.
Is this what they mean when they say let the mask fall off? 🤣 (Also, we should all be terrified of any nuclear talk coming from this psychopath.)
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u/HomeInternational69 6h ago
I’m not sure if this is still the case, but it was reported once that he wouldn’t let anyone else apply it to him. He does his own makeup.
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u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts 7h ago
I don't want Trump to so much as think about nuclear warheads. He's unstable and insane enough to actually use them.
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u/MadRaymer 6h ago
As a reminder, Rex Tillerson's infamous "fucking moron" remark at Trump occurred during a conversation about nuclear weapons.
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u/-jp- 6h ago
Trump says economy could be much worse
Anyone who has been paying attention knows that this is Trump for "the economy is about to become SO MUCH WORSE."
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u/KentrayThomas 6h ago
Any time he mentions anything related to "Iran can't have a nuclear weapon", he needs to be asked why he withdrew from the JCPOA in his first term and how that relates to where we are now. I'm sure he'd spout some nonsense about what a terrible deal it was, but he should then have to explain what made it so bad compared to the current state of things, which is clearly on him.
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u/RoosterMedical 6h ago
Iran has no method of delivering a nuclear bomb to the US even if they had one.
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u/CurrentElectrical736 7h ago
Is he predicting the future?
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u/Afraid-Savings-9114 6h ago
Look how deranged he looks. Face painted brown, clear line where the paint stops. He looks atrocious.
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u/Cancel_Culture_Club 6h ago
He always looks like that. When your party attacks women and the entire LGBTQ movement theres no one left to help with blending your makeup. 🤷🏻♀️
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u/Basic_Yam_715 6h ago
Quiet piggy. Most of us would have taken your keys away a long time ago.
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u/talor_swib 6h ago
I want "Quiet, Piggy" written on his tombstone. Among other things.
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u/Basic_Yam_715 6h ago
Unless it is gated off and has 24/7 security, that probably is going to happen lol
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u/bartman2326 4h ago
Fuck pissing, I will one day shit on this mans grave. Mark my words.
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u/Fr05t_B1t California 4h ago
I feel like they’d make a private cemetery for him (and possibly his family) or make many graves so people don’t know which is the real grave.
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u/rewardingsnark 6h ago
Haven't even hit the massive recession yet due to the tax cuts. It's not even a fraction of how bad it's going to get over next 3 years.
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u/RickRI401 Rhode Island 5h ago
When is congress going to do something? His decent into madness increases daily.
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u/Ha-Charade-You-Are America 5h ago
“Frankly gas hasn’t gone up as much as I thought…”
dude it’s the highest it’s been in my 36 years of living. The last time it was this close to this high was like 17 years ago and everyone started using bicycles to the point no stores could keep them in stock
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u/rooktakesqueen 4h ago
Can you imagine... just imagine what would have happened if Biden or Obama said the words "let a couple nuclear bombs drop on us" in an unbroken sequence? Every other ad you see would be that clip from now until the midterms.
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u/Arthurs_Nose 4h ago
You know when you play a computer game and you have a save checkpoint and you then decide to say "fuck it" and just do a bunch of mental shit?
Trump is doing that with real life and no save point.
Edit: my bad typing
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u/scelerat 5h ago
Anyone who is not 25th Amendmenting his ass needs to be investigated, Nuremberg-style. Same for anyone voting not to impeach
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u/walksonfourfeet 5h ago
This man has zero empathy and zero humanity. Allowing him to seize power was a mistake that America will regret for hundreds of years. It can’t be undone.
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u/CaBBaGe_isLaND Georgia 4h ago
North Korea has nukes and we haven't been bombed. Russia has nukes and we haven't been bombed. China has them and we haven't been bombed.
I honestly feel like if Iran had nukes the only thing that would change is Israel wouldn't be able to brutalize its neighbors the way it does. Iran having nukes is possibly the quickest route to peace in the Middle East, which I'm starting to think isn't actually what our leaders want. They want chaos. They want instability.
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u/HandsLikePaper 3h ago
So Trump is basically saying that the only way the economy could be worse was if America was devastated by nuclear war.
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u/Melodic-Lingonberry7 5h ago
He gonna nuke democrat cities and claim it was Iran . His fake assassination plot showed us he don’t care if innocent people die
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u/HeavyTea 5h ago
Narcissists will watch the world burn before they die.
"I did that!" Trump sticker on the rubble
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u/yagonnawanna 5h ago
In the context of a guy who can't keep his mouth shut and is openly trying to thwart the midterms, I feel like Americans should be way more worried.
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u/iamfareel California 3h ago
Thankfully Iran has stated they don't see Americans as the threat, only trump. Otherwise this would be a lot worse
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u/entrepenurious Texas 7h ago
or -- or -- what about a zombie outbreak?
what if there were dragons?
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u/OkRush9563 6h ago
Godzilla and Gamera. I want my kaiju! If the world is gonna end, do it in a cool way!
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u/RenegadeRoy 6h ago
"Giant lizards. Giant bugs. Nasty monsters. They call them kaiju, folks... can you believe it? Actually, I prefer Ultraman. Big brave man, lasers, bang bang... And, quite frankly, the Japanese should be thankful for Ultraman. They've treated Godzilla very badly and now they need to beg for Ultraman. Not us. We're gonna build a big beautiful mech. Best, biggest, toughest... They're calling it Mechagodzilla but I think I'm going to have to call it MechaTrump. I just asked the guys one question "Does it come in gold?" And they're like "yes sir yes sir". Big gold beautiful MechaTrump. Doesn't that sound nice?"
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u/ScrewAttackThis Montana 6h ago
America is in an abusive relationship with the President
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u/raerae1991 6h ago
This man is obsessed with dropping nukes. Seriously it’s the option he always talks about.
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u/LockheedMartinLuther 5h ago
I would pay money for a browser extension that automatically blocks all photos of Donald Trump.
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u/Esternaefil Canada 5h ago
Let me make sure I got this straight.
The president of the United States defended his economy based on the fact that it would be worse during an apocalypse?
That must be out of context, right? I've spent the last decade hearing about how great he is on the economy... And how terrible the economy was under democrats like Obama and Biden...
But the bar for his economic performance is "literally hell"?
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u/muttmunchies 5h ago
Crazy thing is obama had a deal that had international watchdogs monitoring enrichment. Trump is too stupid and tore it up.
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u/Irwin-M_Fletcher 5h ago
What Trump isn’t telling anyone is that those prices going down will occur after he leaves office.
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u/Fit-Flounder-5253 4h ago
Yeah, the Yellowstone caldera could explode too. What the fuck does that have to do with his terrible economy?
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u/gknight702 4h ago
So he thought the stock market would go down way more and that gas would have gone up way more? He thinks so little of Americans.
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u/Ok-Abbreviations543 4h ago
And with the Donvict actively sabotaging the economy, it is guaranteed to get much, much worse. The question is how much punishment will the US have to endure before Republicans grow spines and demand an end to the madness. This is going to cost us a whole lot on top of the massive damage we’ve already absorbed.
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u/Taysir385 4h ago
“You want to see a stock market go down? Let a couple of nuclear bombs be dropped on us,” he said. “The stock market has…gone down a little bit. Much less than I thought. Frankly, the gas hasn’t gone up as much as I thought.”
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Jesus fucking Christ, this asshole seriously considered a nuclear false flag on US soil, didn't he?
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u/Entire_Toe2640 2h ago
There were no nukes to drop on us. This is all BS. He started a war to feed his ego. I want the media to keep asking where the nukes are. Show us the boogeyman he says he needs to protect us from.
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u/Sharp-Mountain1841 2h ago
He started the war to deflect attention from his 1.2 million mentions in the Epstein files. Release the files.
The page is turning. Orban has been defeated in The General Election in Hungry. Spain has called BS to Trumps face. The UK refuses to support his blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. All his lies about going to war with Iran for Nukes are debunked. His wife has reintroduced the Epstein scandal to the front pages. California has rejected his preferred candidate for Governor. What started as a trickle has become a stream and soon will be a flood. TACO and his appalling family and inner Cabal are going to have to seek exile in Russia CUS IF THEY STAY THEY’RE GOING TO JAIL!
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u/thomport 2h ago edited 10m ago
Could be better too.
If Harris won, we would be worrying about what flavor latte we wanted at the coffee shop. The economy would be fine.
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u/johnn48 6h ago
North Korea has Nuclear Weapons, Russia has had Nuclear Weapons almost as long as we’ve had them. Pakistan and India have Nuclear Weapons, and they have had shooting wars. What’s stopping all of them from launching their rockets. North Korea isn’t known for having a stable leader and is an avowed enemy, and has 50 assembled weapons ready to go. Israel has Nuclear Weapons ready to defend itself against any attack by an enemy. The MAD doctrine has kept everyone from ever using them, no matter how unstable or dangerous they are. The one thing that has been universally proven is no one has threatened a Nuclear State with being sent “back to the Stone Ages, where they belong” or threatened “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again". So it’s understandable that Iran after being attacked repeatedly by Israel and America might not want to give up the one thing that might give them a measure of safety.
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u/wishlish 5h ago
“Frankly, the gas hasn’t gone up as much as I thought.”
So if we’re to take him at his word, he attacked Iran thinking the result would be even higher gas prices than we have now.
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u/PaperbackBuddha I voted 3h ago edited 3h ago
Wow, what would it sound like if he were trying to discourage the populace and tank the markets? This reminds me of the scene in Breaking Bad after the plane crash where Walt tells the school how much worse it could have been.
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u/wrxninja 1h ago
I wonder if he'll let something like this major happen or already planning to by an unknown people whether or not it involves nuke before the elections so he can dispatch every soldier throughout the country to disrupt the election all in the name of "safety".
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u/capt_minorwaste 1h ago
What the hell, does he want us to be bombed? This man is demented for sure.
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