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Girard442

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5. What makes you think Trump WANTS to avoid a war?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2016, 11:39 PM

Dec 2016

A war is a direct route to presidential popularity, extraordinary powers, and silencing of criticism.

Of course, if DC is nuked, he's dead. That might give him pause.

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When Daily Intelligence Briefings Prevented a Nuclear War [View all] applegrove Dec 2016 OP

If not for the Kennedy brothers... Docreed2003 Dec 2016 #1

imagine Trump handling the Cuban Missile Crisis Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #2

He would have gone along with the missiles being Russia's bitch Chasstev365 Dec 2016 #4

he's way to arrogant and ignorant to be president. he'd make a poor state congressman. spanone Dec 2016 #3

What makes you think Trump WANTS to avoid a war? Girard442 Dec 2016 #5