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EndlessWire

(7,801 posts)
Fri May 9, 2025, 05:38 AM May 9

Did you catch the rump interview

very recent, where he said that if Iran assassinated him, he has left instructions for the US to annihilate Iran?

I don't think that the current level of Governmental intelligence has the capability of discerning who actually would be responsible for killing him. Yet he's ordered nukes to get even for him. I find this very disturbing. Nukes are final. They contaminate the ground, and the prevailing winds would distribute the fallout to other countries. That's besides the general destruction. What an evil pr*ck he is. Just doesn't give a damn about anyone else but himself.

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Walleye

(40,683 posts)
4. We've managed to avoid it for 70 years. You know they're just itching to do it.
Fri May 9, 2025, 05:46 AM
May 9

They don’t believe scientist anymore anyway

chowmama

(794 posts)
14. Well, in his first term, he couldn't stop saying
Fri May 9, 2025, 11:12 AM
May 9

"Why do we have them if we're not going to use them?"

He's just itching to be the one.

SheltieLover

(68,495 posts)
3. That was my first thought. Pretty sure the whole world is watching & awaiting the celebration
Fri May 9, 2025, 05:45 AM
May 9

republianmushroom

(20,014 posts)
15. Don't know about the whole world, but, I sure am.
Fri May 9, 2025, 12:47 PM
May 9

Every morning, is he still alive, shit, not today.

Skittles

(164,495 posts)
5. just the very idea an American president even ALLUDES to shit like that
Fri May 9, 2025, 05:50 AM
May 9

he is SERIOUSLY DEMENTED

hlthe2b

(109,927 posts)
7. The ultimate malignant narcissist wants vengeance at all costs for even lesser "wounds"...
Fri May 9, 2025, 06:09 AM
May 9

they do not care about the consequences, only the ultimate retribution. And one, who is facing dementia (and on some level realizes it, having seen it in his own father), will have zero self-restrictions on that overwhelming need for vengeance.

So, the only question is whether our military will allow this to happen. If he is dead, they CAN step forward. To suggest that a post-mortem "order" is legal is a big lift. But, then you have JD Vance. He may claim to be Catholic now, but he has likewise had his time as a RW fundamentalist "Xian," so who knows where he stands on the "End DAYS" and any craving to bring it on..

This is sick as hell, but many of us have seen the sheer ugly "evil" (I don't know a better word, although I don't like its use) that Trump poses dating back almost a decade now. Psychiatrists agree. We are at dire risk. Ironically, we may be dependent on Iran having more temperate leaders (and common sense).

Onthefly

(889 posts)
8. Well stated.
Fri May 9, 2025, 06:22 AM
May 9

It is not stated enough that he is soulless and on a revenge tour for his perceived slights and deep psychological wounds.

malaise

(284,504 posts)
11. The irony is that it will be one of his own pissed off supporters
Fri May 9, 2025, 08:58 AM
May 9

or his old age and diet that eventually get him.

hlthe2b

(109,927 posts)
13. Yup... But if it is one of his supporters, you can bet they will portray him (her?) as a "radical Liberal.."
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:10 AM
May 9

just as they "tried" to do last time, despite evidence to the contrary. Notice how quickly the reporting on that (now dead) person ended?

PJMcK

(23,737 posts)
9. If Trump we're assassinated...
Fri May 9, 2025, 06:57 AM
May 9

… he would no longer be president. The next president would be the one to decide what actions— if any— would be taken.

Posthumous orders are moot.

Once again, Trump doesn’t understand how government works.

newdeal2

(2,627 posts)
12. Speaking of, has anyone heard anything new about the two "plots" from last year?
Fri May 9, 2025, 09:06 AM
May 9

I guess the news media and Trump are done milking it.

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