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[–] socsa@piefed.social 37 points 2 hours ago (6 children)

Trump will nuke Iran, and the trolls on here will still insist Kamala would have done the same thing.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 16 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Trump has been itching to use the nukes since minute one. I can easily see him dropping one on a city in Iran, and then threatening to drop another every day until they surrender and open the strait. While that is absolutely horrific, the irony is that Trump is too fucking stupid to see that the "whole civilization" that will die is the U.S.. The world will shun the U.S., dump it's bonds and destroy the dollar. There will be hyperinflation, bank runs, chaos, and a hard splinter of the U.S. into factions and likely a "hot" civil war. Trump will make clear that all of the "fearmongering" from radical Islamists about the U.S. and the western world was true, potentially igniting world war. None of this will take away from the tragedy in Iran, which just happened to be the convenient target Trump the bully thought he'd punch down on.

[–] coyootje@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I think what you're describing here is the best case scenario (if he would drop one). The worst case scenario (the one I'm most worried about) is that other (adversarial) nuclear powers react to the US launching one by launching their own, aimed at either the US, Israel or (worst of all) somewhere unrelated, like someplace in Europe or on Kiev.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

That is very much a risk. When chaos rules, it becomes very difficult to anticipate all the potential consequences.

[–] spagbolioli@feddit.uk 2 points 1 hour ago

oh yeah America would be bankrupted overnight

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Trump is an idiot. The rest of his people vary from incompetent to simply evil.

I'd bet my life that the nuclear briefcase that Trump masturbates to every night is a fake. Someone in his circle has long since clipped the red wire to prevent him doing just that during a midnight Truth Social post.

[–] GardenGeek@europe.pub 5 points 1 hour ago

This was / would have been the case during Trump I ... since he scraped anyone with at least a bit of reason from his admin in favor of yes-man following his ideology... I'm disturbingly unsure if you're right under for Trump II.

[–] itsBlorpinTime@feddit.online 7 points 2 hours ago

And they can be fragged when the upcoming war happens.

[–] spagbolioli@feddit.uk 2 points 1 hour ago

If he does, Israel will get so heavily nuked it will be a dead zone

Russia, China, Pakistan even India would be heavily impacted, all nuclear armed states

I can't see this working out well for America's greatest ally ever but won't put boots on the ground

America desperately needs a military coup

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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 74 points 3 hours ago

It's called genocide.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

If I ever found myself saying "a whole civilization will die tonight if I don't get my way", I think I'd just kill myself. What an utterly disgusting thing to threaten. He is truly devoid of any humanity at this point.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 hours ago

By that point you might need the ghost of christmas past to show a younger you your future

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[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 21 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

World peace through extermination.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

"The bombings will continue until peace is achieved" is an actual quote from Trump

[–] Redditsux@lemmy.world 59 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

If the stupid US laws don't persecute this war criminal, international court should. There's more than enough evidence.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 42 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Too bad the US doesn't recognize the ICC, for obvious reasons

[–] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 45 points 3 hours ago

Worse, they proactively passed legislation authorizing the invasion of The Hague in case a US official was ever brought there for war crimes. Thank dubya and the 2002 congress.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 9 points 2 hours ago

He should be unalived.

[–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago

As an American there is nothing more I'd love too see than this but it's never going to happen. The best we can hope for is a extremely painful death for him

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[–] Foni@piefed.zip 19 points 3 hours ago (10 children)

The Persian civilization has existed since like 500BC when most of Europe was still nomadic and the Roman Empire was still centuries away, and this buffoon thinks he can do something about it? the desperation of being a loser, the audacity of being ignorant, or both

[–] tan00k@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Tbf he didn't say which civilization would die

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[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 24 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

He's going to nuke them ,almost the same words were used moments before the hiroshima bombing

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 32 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

This is the first time I think someone's gonna drop a nuke and that it can actually happen.

If the pedohitler really drops a nuke, it's gonna be over for Iran but mostly for the US. Dropping a nuke is basically admitting they have lost not just the war but their own society.

[–] Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Immediate global pariah. All agreements with a rogue nuclear state would immediately be voided. All trade ceases, all loans rescinded. Every US base would be evacuated and be blown up from afar by their host countries. The word American would become a synonym for murderer.

[–] kcweller@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

European leadership will still be kissing "Daddy" Trumps little asshole even after nuking Iran. They haven't shown any sign of resistance up until now, what is a few extra dead Iranians going to change for western leaders?

Its fucking disgusting, but the greatest risk to world peace seems to be western civilization.

Fuck USA Fuck Israel Fuck war

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Also the Russians would rightly be terrified they'd be next and could launch a pre emptive nuclear strike to decapitate the US and israel.

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 8 points 2 hours ago (11 children)

If a nuke is dropped it's over for the world. Mutually assured destruction guarantees this.

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

No, the rest of the world isn't just going to instantly nuke the US. If Iran gets nuked it won't be via an ICBM but more likely a traditional aircraft or possibly ship launched nuke. Until it goes off it won't look too much different from any of the other weapons being dropped on Iran. What it would do though is instantly turn the US into even more of a pariah than it already is. You'd likely see pretty much instant sanctions across the board which would tank the US economy, and might finally manage to get Trump impeached and convicted. Might even be able to convince the spineless bastards in Washington to hand Trump over to the ICC in exchange for lifting some of the sanctions.

[–] illi@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago

One can dream.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Theres every reason to think the Russians would consider a nuclear trigger-happy US an existential threat to them and launch a pre emptive attack. After all, the US (through Ukraine) launched attacks on Russia's strategic bombers and Putins nuclear bunker which would have been considered suicidal during the Cold War

If a nuclear weapon is used all bets are off.

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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 9 points 2 hours ago (6 children)

I don't think Iran has nukes, and every other country will probably be very careful about dropping a nuke in the US. Maybe some rogue country would drop one to israel but I'm not sure this would happen becaues of MAD.

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[–] Ontimp@feddit.org 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Not immediately with Iran, but even if it would be a singular nuclear strike without any reaction, I'd cross maybe the only real red line that still exists in international relation; Russia might then use nukes in Ukraine, or China in Taiwan, even if only for the EMP or to sink a fleet of ships at once. It will cause a dam to break regarding the use of tactical nuclear weapons.

[–] marx@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

I’m with you on Russia but I don’t think the PLA would consider nuking Taiwan. They ideologically consider everyone on the island to be Chinese and they also certainly don’t want to blow it to ashes just to have to rebuild it from scratch.

IMO the wind is blowing toward a political reunification where China takes it without a shot. The opposition party is already pushing that and the US is not a stable or reliable enough ally at this point for them credibly rely on if China actually invades.

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[–] ryrybang@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago

I'm sure Trump's spiritual advisor, Kid Rock, will talk him out of this once he's briefed into the classified plans.

[–] silverneedle@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

If these are my last words on the public internet, I would like to say that Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, while crossing the boundary of what can be considered tasteful, is a pretty funny series.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago

Way to go, Trump. Now, no country will even think about helping you with your military adventurism, if you're talking about dropping nukes or otherwise planning to murder scores of civilians.

[–] illi@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

I so hate the fact that the whole world is a hostage to one lunatic voted in by stupid people...

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