Trump tweet "The US must strengthen and expand its nuclear capability"...

[SidDithers]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/811977223326625792?lang=en

Donald J. TrumpVerified account
?@realDonaldTrump
The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes

Wow.

Sid

[ismnotwasm]

1. Sweet Baby Jesus

[vrguy]

2. President's Daily Brief

Perhaps him not attending/getting them was better? Now he is just gonna tweet about whatever he is told

[Xipe Totec]

3. I think Putin just choked on his caviar. nt

[JudyM]

4. Dangerous that he can be convinced of anything, and he's surrounding himself with power-maniacs

with nefarious aspirations. He wants to be accepted as part of this powerful crowd so he will go along.

[jberryhill]

5. .

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Holy Cow!!!

This is setting off alarm bells world wide. Talk about clueless.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Good grief! How many more weapons does he think we need? We already have enough

to annihilate the entire population on earth several times over.

His ignorance and arrogance together is a dangerous combination. He won't be happy until he starts a war.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

23. Oh myyyyy. It's just like (some) people with their gun arsenals

What's the point of having them unless you get to use them once in a while?


Seriously, though, at this point in history, we should still be working towards eliminating nuclear weapons completely, NOT expanding them. Geez.

[unblock]

8. oh, the irony in that statement.

i'll laugh if i can ever stop crying.

[Caliman73]

34. That is exactly what I was thinking.

The man is such a poor thinker that he can't even see how the statement makes no sense.

We have to escalate nuclear tensions by building more weapons and stronger weapons, until the REST of the world realizes that building more and stronger weapons is not a good thing.

I need an aspirin.

[forgotmylogin]

9. He just wants to fire one.

I'm sure he's itching to get the codes.

Recall this report in early August:

Donald Trump Trump reportedly asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBC
Wednesday, 3 Aug 2016 | 9:55 AM ET | 01:20
Donald Trump asked a foreign policy expert advising him why the U.S. can't use nuclear weapons, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said on the air Wednesday, citing an unnamed source who claimed he had spoken with the GOP presidential nominee.

"Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on the international level went to advise Donald Trump. And three times [Trump] asked about the use of nuclear weapons. Three times he asked at one point if we had them why can't we use them," Scarborough said on his "Morning Joe" program.

Trump denies it, of course:

http://time.com/4437089/donald-trump-nuclear-weapons-nukes/

[Thor_MN]

22. Hopefully they tell him it's 8675309...

His obsession with Generals worries me. I would hope that the military would refuse orders from him that are unlawful, but his currying of favor from the military ranks makes me a bit nervous.

[SCVDem]

26. Now that's funny!

Douchey doesn't even know what the military capability of this country is.

Who is going to write the checks for this boondoggle?

Luckily these programs take many years to develop and can always be cancelled.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

25. I totally remember that

Some of us were justifiably concerned about his budding curiosity about using nuclear weapons but Republicans and the MSM were more concerned about the dangers (not) posed by Hillary's private e-mail server.

[Stand and Fight]

49. I know who the unnamed foreign policy expert is...

I can't say since it would be improper, but this person isn't the sort of person to lie about such a thing. If s/he were a conservative you'd say they were old school Republican — of the same variety. If this person were a Democrat, they'd be viewed in much the same light.

[yallerdawg]

10. This would be a profound reversal of American policy...

since the '60's?

This isn't 'hawk' - this is 'T-Rex'!

My wife says he is the anti-Christ. No, not the biblical one - the movie one!

[dhill926]

11. this is the shit that scares me...

the rest of his crap we can eventually overcome. But not this...

[Fast Walker 52]

15. Indeed.

[Lucinda]

12. ...

[Fast Walker 52]

13. WTF does that mean????

[Pacifist Patriot]

17. Exactly my reaction!

[Fast Walker 52]

41. This isn't good-- Putin also put out a creepy statement on nukes recently

https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/811980543130636288

[gratuitous]

37. That's a very good question

I wonder if anyone in the press corps will dare ask? I mean, if you displease Trump, you might not get invited to Mar-a-Lago for the sandwiches and chips. And that would really be a blow to one's prestige!

[Fast Walker 52]

42. It's a good sign he hasn't gotten anyone to perform at the inauguration so far

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-s-need-for-celebrity-love

[DBoon]

53. It means the missiles start heading towards California and New York soon

And I wish this was only a joke

[Initech]

14. No Donald, we must get rid of nukes.

And you are a guy who should definitely not have your hand on the trigger.

[SticksnStones]

16. Is this Don using outrageous tweets to distract us again?

Wonder what's about to come out in the press that he doesn't want us to notice?

Don the Con's Tweets: weapons of messy distractions.

[Else You Are Mad]

35. I had the same thought.

Trump always says something outrageous on Twitter when the news cycle is about to turn against him. I wonder what it could be...

[NYC Liberal]

44. Isn't he due to testify soon in that lawsuit against the chef who

backed out of one of his restaurants? Probably doesn't want people talking about that.

[Generic Other]

18. Well, you know you Canadians

Kinda scary.

We are seriously entering Wonderland!

[0rganism]

19. oh and by the way, Merry Christmas

thank you and good night

[Jeroen]

20. It's not him

This was written by someone else.

On edit: just a feeling, wtf do I know, it's just weird

[Else You Are Mad]

36. He posted it...

Because something negative about him is starting to or about to get legs in the news cycle. Now the media will just talk about this for the next few days until the bad news is too old to report on.

[Jeroen]

46. Yes, that seems to the pattern

[C_U_L8R]

21. ...and give them all to Rick "Ooops" Perry for safe keeping !!

Seriously... what the fuck.
At this point we deserve to be incinerated.

[NCTraveler]

24. WTF nt.

[watoos]

27. All of you young'ns should worry

Old fogies like me have nothing to fear. I had the "get under the desk drill" in 3rd grade. I have a nice corner desk that I can hide under.

[roamer65]

28. I hope the intelligence community is listening.

[jalan48]

29. Which means trillions more for the Defense Industry. But then, that was the real purpose all along.

[Generator]

30. Does he think he can nuke Vanity Fair headquarters?

We are fucking doomed.

[angrychair]

31. Combine this with what Congress just did

Experts say the changes, approved by overwhelming majorities in both the House and Senate, could aggravate tensions with Russia and China and prompt a renewed nuclear arms race

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-missile-defense-unlimited-20161221-snap-20161221-story.html

[madaboutharry]

32. I want to move

to another solar system.

[bdamomma]

51. yes indeed

[colsohlibgal]

33. No It Must Not

With his guy in office it would be like giving gasoline and matches to a 4 year old.

[JCMach1]

38. When blowing up the world 4x over just isn't enough

Bigly

[treestar]

39. OMG maybe we don't have to worry about not having

Obamacare, etc.

This reminds me of Alexander Haig saying he would not rule out use of nukes during this time period when Reagan was President elect. That looks quaint now.

[Brother Buzz]

40. Trump wants to try fishing for the first time so he stopped at a bait shop....

and asked, "How much is bait?" The proprietor said, "All you need for a dollar". Trump thought about it and said, "Fine, get me two dollars worth".

[Fast Walker 52]

43. Putin also gave a disturbing statement on nukes recently

http://tass.com/defense/921420

[Spitfire of ATJ]

45. Everyone should lose the gravedancing fly swatter.

[mcar]

47. He is going to kill us all

[maryellen99]

48. American public needs to be shown "Threads"

But then again it would dismissed by Trumpies as "liberal propaganda".

[sarcasmo]

50. #Lunatic

Bomb shelters will be making a comeback.

[Cha]

52. You're full of shite, dump. take a seat

[Cha]

54. Compare Trump and Putin statements on nukes, both delivered within last 24 hours

https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/811980543130636288/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw