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Dan

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7. If Trump drops a nuke....

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Sun Mar 8, 2026, 10:11 PM

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Then the U.S. is a rogue nation and the rest of the world might have to respond accordingly. Why, because we will have shown the world that we no longer control our government and that Trump is a dictator free to do as we pleases.

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