Discussion: Trump: US Must 'Greatly Strengthen' Nuclear Capability

Theyā€™d better clean these things up ! ā€”

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ā€œAll along, Iā€™ve been proven to be right, 100 percent correct.ā€

Itā€™s certainly reassuring to know the split-second decision to end all life on earth will rest in the hands of such a humble and circumspect man.

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Screw nukes!. Trump has grabbed the Rockettesā€¦for his inauguration.

But seriously, folks, why do we need more nukes? Isnā€™t 7000 warheads enough?. Who will we be targeting? How will this shit be paid for? How can we maintain our credibility on nonproliferation if we do this? Maybe Sweden will want nukes too, now. Finland? Fiji?

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President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly called for the United States to ā€œgreatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capabilityā€ until the rest of the world ā€œcomes to its sensesā€ regarding nuclear weapons.


???

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The only way to house more nukes is if we store them in all the Trump Tower(s) around the world, yeah that would make him stop and think.

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While weā€™re at it, letā€™s bring back smallpox!

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Unless ā€˜the rest of the worldā€™ includes places like South Africa, why is he insulating that everyone has a nuke?

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Anyone else see the contradiction here?

ā€œIā€™m going to booze myself into oblivion on a daily basis until my wifeā€™s family comes to itā€™s senses and stops abusing alcohol!!ā€

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Anyone believe in coincidence ? ? ā€¦ Harbingers ? ? ā€”

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Fissionable Oprah: "You get a thermonuclear device, and you get a thermonuclear device and you getā€¦

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This is the list

Happy 2017

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I donā€™t know if this qualifies as irony, but South Africa gave up being a nuclear power years ago.

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Yup. They had about a half a dozen, ā€œgun-typeā€ (little boy) fission devices that they dismantled in the 1990s, I think.

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If he keeps this kind of shit up somebody in his party might catch on heā€™s a lunatic. Or maybe not.

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His statement makes no sense.

ā€œModernizingā€ is something you do when your target has upgraded defense systems to a point where you arenā€™t assured that enough of your bombs will get through. That is only going to be an issue with a few countries like China and Russia. None of the countries with sophisticated defenses have lost their senses regarding nuclear weapons.

If he is talking about places like North Korea, Pakistan, India, and Iran, there is no expansion or modernizing needed.

I donā€™t think his comment even works as a negotiating chip.

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I agreeā€¦

But as I see it ā€¦ Bullys donā€™t negotiate ā€¦ They just threaten ----

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Itā€™s entirely likely that Fuckface von Clownstick doesnā€™t understand that our current arsenal is already enough to level most of the world, and therefore thinks we need more. Of course, whatā€™s just as terrifying as is stupidity, ignorance, and general incuriousness is that being able to level most of the world isnā€™t good enough for him.

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Pitcairn ā€¦ Galopagos ā€¦ ?

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I can answer that question. Weā€™re fucked. Thatā€™s the answer.

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