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<p>If nothing else that clip is great TV. That horrified silence is
a keeper!</p>
<p>Now, to be fair, if I was a foreign policy n00b and got a high
level briefing it might actually make sense to ask about nuclear
doctrine - it is somewhat recondite, and I would be really
curious. But three times? OK, his staff has categorically denied
that a briefing took place... which opens the even more disturbing
issue that he has not had anybody advice him on relevant matters.
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In many ways the US system is about selecting a group of people
rather than a person. Even a less bright chap might have a good
team, and focus on the social part of the job. The thing that looks
increasingly problematic here is that it actually seems to be just
one person on the Trump side. That is not going to work. <br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="4">I know that many on this list are
tired of posts about Donald Trump but I'm going to write one
anyway because something came up today that confirms my belief
that this erratic unstable individual is the greatest
immediate existential threat to the world today. Joe
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<i>Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on the
international level went to advise Donald Trump. And three
times [Trump] asked about the use of nuclear weapons. Three
times he asked at one point if we had them why can't we use
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was then asked how long it would be between a presidential
decision to attack and the nuclear missiles actually
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