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Tommy_Carcetti

(44,566 posts) Thu Dec 20, 2018, 11:08 AM Dec 2018

If Trump were President during the Cuban Missile Crisis....

....he'd allow Khrushchev to keep missiles in Cuba and would have given the Soviets Alaska as well.

He would then have declared victory because the Soviets didn't nuke us.

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If Trump were President during the Cuban Missile Crisis.... (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2018 OP

or most of the east coast would still be a bunch of craters to this day. nt Javaman Dec 2018 #1

There would be no one left to see them. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2018 #2

touche' nt Javaman Dec 2018 #3

Javaman

(65,885 posts)

1. or most of the east coast would still be a bunch of craters to this day. nt

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2018, 11:12 AM

Dec 2018

rzemanfl

(31,411 posts)

2. There would be no one left to see them. n/t

Reply to Javaman (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 20, 2018, 11:21 AM

Dec 2018

Javaman

(65,885 posts)

3. touche' nt

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 20, 2018, 11:35 AM

Dec 2018

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