cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31683994

Fox News reports that Donald Trump may consider using nuclear weapons to eliminate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility

The U.S. military has reservations regarding the success of using a bunker-buster bomb, a non nuclear weapon, to eliminate Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility, buried deep in a mountain. Two defense officials were reportedly briefed that only a tactical nuclear weapon could reach the facility.

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[–] 152 points 1 year ago (27 children)

Trump will drop a nuke before leaving office. He been begging to use one since his first term. They literally had to stop him from nucking a hurricane. He wants to do it. My worry is he will drop one on an American state.

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  • [–] 92 points 1 year ago

    I agree with you completely. He's fascinated with nukes, and believes naked demonstrations of power show that he's strong. If he does drop a nuke in Iran, you can guarantee that Russia will use them in Ukraine, and that quickly opens the door to a much wider war in Europe. Strategic thinking is not Trump's strong suit, and he's likely to bumble us into a nuclear WWIII.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    My worry is he will drop one on an American state.

    Wouldn't be the first time, but those were on accident and thankfully didn't detonate.

    Edit to add reference: 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I mean we also blew up a lot of nukes on American soil on purpose too!

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I fully expect him to nuke a blue state in a false flag attack. I can't prove it, but I won't be surprised if he does

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    WHO GETS THE NUKE FIRST? IRAN, GAZA OR THE FIRST HURRICANE OF THE SEASON! sadtimes.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What’s the us city that matches the following:

    • democratic
    • least amount of white people
    • more than 100k inhabitants
    • doesn’t have critical military infrastructure
    • Trump doesn’t go golfing there or at least doesn’t like to
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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Nah he's too connected to NYC.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Probably still owes payment on construction in NYC

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