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tomhagen

(3,604 posts) Sat Jul 27, 2019, 11:53 AM Jul 2019

This got lost in the news; had it hit; it would have triggered trump to end the world [View all]

Last edited Sat Jul 27, 2019, 07:59 PM - Edit history (1)

If it had hit in the U.S. Trump would think it was some country like Iran; and within 30 seconds he’d order a launch; wrong country; wrong reason. Then its all over

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This got lost in the news; had it hit; it would have triggered trump to end the world [View all] tomhagen Jul 2019 OP

His advisers kept it from him. lark Jul 2019 #1

The 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor was similarly undetected... Anon-C Jul 2019 #2

Perspective of how close this was: high Earth orbit for satellites tops out at about 22,225 miles. NBachers Jul 2019 #3

Just a tiny adjustment in its direction and it would have decimated part of the Earth. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2019 #4

OMG! Mar-a-Lago crazytown Jul 2019 #9

They're supposed to know?!! paleotn Jul 2019 #5

It is very seldom for asteroids to hit humans... TomVilmer Jul 2019 #6

It was a dark-skinned asteroid so tRump banned it from immigrating to earth. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2019 #7

Didn't Trump pressbox69 Jul 2019 #8