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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 11:18 AM Dec 2016

Merry Christmas-Trump said he's cool with blowing up the world *

[div class="excerpt"]Trump on nukes: 'Let it be an arms race'


'We will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all,' Trump says.


President-elect Donald Trump on Friday morning escalated his calls for a stronger U.S. nuclear arsenal, saying he was fine with an “arms race” if it puts the U.S. in a stronger position against foreign adversaries.

“Let it be an arms race … we will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all,” Trump told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” during an off-air conversation on Friday.



The attempt at a clarification came after Trump alarmed some with a vague tweet on Thursday that said, “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.”

The tweet, which threatened to upend longstanding U.S. nonproliferation policy, followed comments from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who called on his country to “strengthen” its nuclear forces.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-nuclear-arms-race-russia-232944







*Just kidding, I think.



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Merry Christmas-Trump said he's cool with blowing up the world * (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 OP
"we will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all" Hugin Dec 2016 #1

Hugin

(33,135 posts)
1. "we will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all"
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 11:22 AM
Dec 2016

Donald... Donald... Donald... You never studied. Let me be clear on this.

THERE.ARE.NO.WINNERS.IN.NUCLEAR.BIOLOGICAL.OR.CHEMICAL.WARFARE!

Pathetic.

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