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Bullshit Trump Says

Behind the scenes: During one hurricane briefing at the White House, Trump said, "I got it. I got it. Why don't we nuke them?" according to one source who was there. "They start forming off the coast of Africa, as they're moving across the Atlantic, we drop a bomb inside the eye of the hurricane and it disrupts it. Why can't we do that?" the source added, paraphrasing the president's remarks.

Asked how the briefer reacted, the source recalled he said something to the effect of, "Sir, we'll look into that."

Trump replied by asking incredulously how many hurricanes the U.S. could handle and reiterating his suggestion that the government intervene before they make landfall.

The briefer "was knocked back on his heels," the source in the room added. "You could hear a gnat fart in that meeting. People were astonished. After the meeting ended, we thought, 'What the f---? What do we do with this?'"

Trump also raised the idea in another conversation with a senior administration official. A 2017 NSC memo describes that second conversation, in which Trump asked whether the administration should bomb hurricanes to stop them from hitting the homeland. A source briefed on the NSC memo said it does not contain the word "nuclear"; it just says the president talked about bombing hurricanes.
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I guess we have to wait until the afternoon before we start the cycle of “he was just joking to own the libs, and it just might work so we should at least try !”
 
The disappointing thing about this nuke the hurricanes thing is nobody told him no. Their whole job is to advise the president. How can they do that without telling him which ideas are ridiculous.
 
PhDeac said:
The disappointing thing about this nuke the hurricanes thing is nobody told him no. Their whole job is to advise the president. How can they do that without telling him which ideas are ridiculous.
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well he knows more than the experts anyway. no one knows more about nuclear than him.
 
Nuking a hurricane sounds like a movie pitch Michael Bay rejected for being too preposterous.
 
so, Indiana Jones vs. The Nazis is basically because Hitler had insane ideas. So maybe we'll get a cool action-adventure franchise out of all of this in 30 ish years?
 
ImTheCaptain said:
so, Indiana Jones vs. The Nazis is basically because Hitler had insane ideas. So maybe we'll get a cool action-adventure franchise out of all of this in 30 ish years?
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Hitler is a compelling villain because he actually had ideas and ambition. Trump would not be a compelling villain because no one could reasonably believe he could effect a coherent evil plan.
 
It's times like this to remember that Rick Perry is the mean in charge of our nuclear arsenal.
 
PhDeac said:
The disappointing thing about this nuke the hurricanes thing is nobody told him no. Their whole job is to advise the president. How can they do that without telling him which ideas are ridiculous.
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Right - instead they are all shocked that he is saying crazy things. Why are they shocked?
 
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