Trump’s Thursday assertion that a “major, major conflict” between the U.S. and North is possible is essentially a warning of a potential nuclear war, Bernie Sanders said this morning on CBS. “When you’re talking about a ‘major, major conflict,’ what you’re talking about is a nuclear war. Obviously, I think the goal now is to work as strongly as we can with China.”
Several other members of Congress are also spooked by Trump’s comment yesterday. They think he may be just nuts enough to use “tactical” nuclear weapons against North Korea in an attempted preemptive strike. Once that begins, there’s no telling where it ends.
This isn’t Nixon’s “madman” theory of trying to rattle the Soviet Union into believing he’s crazy enough to require careful handling (which, incidentally, didn’t work). Nixon was smart. Trump has all the marks of a true madman.
Trump’s Thursday assertion that a “major, major conflict” between the U.S. and North is possible is essentially a warning of a potential nuclear war, Bernie Sanders said this morning on CBS. “When you’re talking about a ‘major, major conflict,’ what you’re talking about is a nuclear war. Obviously, I think the goal now is to work as strongly as we can with China.”
Several other members of Congress are also spooked by Trump’s comment yesterday. They think he may be just nuts enough to use “tactical” nuclear weapons against North Korea in an attempted preemptive strike. Once that begins, there’s no telling where it ends.
This isn’t Nixon’s “madman” theory of trying to rattle the Soviet Union into believing he’s crazy enough to require careful handling (which, incidentally, didn’t work). Nixon was smart. Trump has all the marks of a true madman.
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