Trump On 'Nuking Hurricanes:' "Why can’t we do that?"

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Biden dinged Trump during the debate on his past comments about 'nuking hurricanes.'

Trump claimed he never said that.

Axios says he did:

"According to US news website Axios, the president said in a meeting with top national security and homeland security officials about the threat of hurricanes: “I got it. I got it. Why don’t we nuke them?”

“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?”"

Trump suggests 'nuking hurricanes' to stop them hitting America – report
 
PoliTalker said:
Biden dinged Trump during the debate on his past comments about 'nuking hurricanes.'

Trump claimed he never said that.

Axios says he did:

"According to US news website Axios, the president said in a meeting with top national security and homeland security officials about the threat of hurricanes: “I got it. I got it. Why don’t we nuke them?”

“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?”"

Trump suggests 'nuking hurricanes' to stop them hitting America – report
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When and where exactly did he make this comment? It didn't say in the article you presented. It says he made the comment but no where describes where he said it and when. Got any ideas?
 
From the OP link:

"Shortly after Trump came to power National Geographic published an article pointing out how frequently the idea of nuking hurricanes has been raised over the last few decades. “It’s an appealing thought,” it said, “especially when, during hurricane season, we’re annually reminded of the immense destruction wrought by these storms.

“And it’s probably why, every year for the past six decades, government agencies have received missives from concerned citizens, urging preemptive attacks against hurricanes using nuclear weapons.”

In the article, Nuking Hurricane: The Surprising History of a Really Bad Idea, the magazine pointed out that the response from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was: “Needless to say, this is not a good idea.”"
 
Maybe Trump should try to tweet them away.

He could insult them to death!

Try to out-hot-air them.

He's got a lot.
 
"For starters, as NOAA observes, there’s the issue of radioactive fallout, which would “fairly quickly move with the trade winds to affect land areas and cause devastating environmental problems.”

Also, it wouldn’t work. The key obstacle is the amount of energy required. The heat release from a hurricane is equivalent to a 10-megaton nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes, NOAA calculates. In order to shrink a Category 5 hurricane into a Category 2 hurricane, you would have to add about a half ton of air for each square yard inside the eye, or a total of a bit more than half a billion (500,000,000) tons for an eye 25 miles in diameter. “It’s difficult to envision a practical way of moving that much air around,” NOAA says.

Today, international law prohibits us from even trying. The Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty, signed and ratified by the United States in 1990, limits the yield of weapons for non-military purposes to 150 kilotons—a formal acknowledgement that you can’t fight Mother Nature, especially with nukes."

Nuking Hurricanes: The Surprising History of a Really Bad Idea
 
Trump is truly stupid. Nuking hurricanes is just another one of his ideas. If course he says since he had an uncle who was a scientist, therefore he is an expert too. Trump talks about injecting bleach. No other president could get away with that. He turned a lot of medical time and money on a hydroxy wild goose chase.
There are real experts available to Trump and he does not avail himself of their expertise. He makes sht up and expects it to be accepted. On the right, it is.
 
Hi Politalker,

From the article:

"Quoting unnamed sources who were present at the meeting, Axios report that the response from one official was “We’ll look into this.”"

There sure have been a lot of smears against Trump by "unnamed sources" haven't there?
 
Hello Sirthinksalot,

Sirthinksalot said:
Hi Politalker,

From the article:

"Quoting unnamed sources who were present at the meeting, Axios report that the response from one official was “We’ll look into this.”"

There sure have been a lot of smears against Trump by "unnamed sources" haven't there?
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Part of the effectiveness of the 4th estate is the ability to protect the identity of their sources.

Sometimes we like it, sometimes we don't.

From all the other wacky things Trump has said, I believe he said this.

Those who like to give Trump a free pass, like to go soft on him will choose not to believe this.

To me? This sound right up his alley.

Trump is one to fall for unsubstantiated kooky stuff.

He doesn't listen to experts.
 
PoliTalker said:
Hello Sirthinksalot,



Part of the effectiveness of the 4th estate is the ability to protect the identity of their sources.

Sometimes we like it, sometimes we don't.

From all the other wacky things Trump has said, I believe he said this.

Those who like to give Trump a free pass, like to go soft on him will choose not to believe this.

To me? This sound right up his alley.

Trump is one to fall for unsubstantiated kooky stuff.

He doesn't listen to experts.
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Hi Politalker,

The trouble with unnamed sources is, there's no way for the reader to know whether the source is credible, or even whether the journalist simply made the story up.
 
Hello Sirthinksalot,

Sirthinksalot said:
Hi Politalker,

The trouble with unnamed sources is, there's no way for the reader to know whether the source is credible, or even whether the journalist simply made the story up.
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OK, you're going to assume everyone else makes up all the bad stuff about Trump, I am going to give these kinds of things a fair hearing.

In this case, AXIOS is a credible source. Any outlet that just makes stuff up for 'cheating at journalism' gets caught, and gains a rep for being bogus.

AXIOS has no such rep. No history of publishing bogus stuff.

Obviously if you have an insider source in the WH, you can't reveal that source without compromising the source.

It all adds up for me.

Trump totally said it.

It is just like him. Let us consider some of the other wacko stuff he has said:

"I don't know if you know this but probably 10 years ago I was honored. I was the man of the year by I think somebody, whoever. I was the man of the year in Michigan, can you believe it? Long time." (totally unsubstantiated)

"And we won Michigan, and the word is that we're much higher right now in the polls than we were ever in 2016 in Michigan."

(Wrong - Biden is leading in Michigan)

"[Democrats will] receive a big backlash at the box office."

(Freudian - he thinks the whole country is about ratings)

"I have to be always very truthful because if I'm a little bit off they call me a liar."

-Over thirty thousand times...

"There's nothing you can say where you don't get a Pinocchio."

Except, oh, I dunno, maybe THE TRUTH?

"They're making more money than they've ever made. That crazy New York Times, one of the worst newspapers in the world."

(the 'failing' New York Times, that is...)

"I say, why do I always look so orange? You know why? Because of the new light, they're terrible. You look terrible."

-no comment-

"Dishwashers, the dishwasher, right? You press it. Remember the dishwasher, you press it, there'd be like an explosion. Five minutes later you open it up the steam pours out, the dishes -- now you press it 12 times, women tell me again."

I guess that's women's work?

How about buying Greenland? Remember THAT one? Trump wanted to buy Greenland. One small problem. It's not for sale.

Here's another kooky one - Trump said: "I am the chosen one."

Trump at a rally: “We can have a lot of fun tonight. I have nothing to do. Nothing. Nothing.”

Riiight. The president of the USA has nothing to do.

"You’re 21 years old, you start working and you’re paying $12 a year for insurance, and by the time you’re 70, you get a nice plan."

Well I guess that asbsurdity makes sense considering this one:

"nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated"

“If we didn't remove incredibly powerful fire retardant asbestos & replace it with junk that doesn’t work, the World Trade Center would never have burned down.” (yes - he actually said that)

"the simple act of shaking hands" is "barbaric" and a "curse of American society." (the germophobe speaking)

“You know, a poll just came out that I am the most popular person in the history of the Republican Party—92 per cent. Beating Lincoln. I beat our Honest Abe."

In his imagination! Which is where most of this bizarre stuff comes from. Including the comment about maybe nuking hurricanes.
 
All this thread shows is liberal Democrats are: A) Gullible B) Incapable of reading and comprehending anything C) Easily manipulated by headlines, not the body. Pathetic.
 
Anyone whho is stupid enough to even think about such a thing is lacking. When he first came into office he asked the generals why do we have nukes if we are not going to use them. Lately he suggested the military should prepare the nukes for Feb, when a deal with Russia ends. Trump should be exiled from the island.
 
Nordberg;3939800[B said:
]Anyone whho is stupid enough to even think about such a thing is lacking. [/B]When he first came into office he asked the generals why do we have nukes if we are not going to use them. Lately he suggested the military should prepare the nukes for Feb, when a deal with Russia ends. Trump should be exiled from the island.
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Anyone who is stupid enough to not know how to read the article, comprehend it and see clearly there is zero proof he made that comment is lacking intelligence. Democrats of course. Fucking sheep.
 
Sailor said:
Anyone who is stupid enough to not know how to read the article, comprehend it and see clearly there is zero proof he made that comment is lacking intelligence. Democrats of course. Fucking sheep.
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Popeye, why do you keeping this absolute foolishness??????
 
PoliTalker said:
Biden dinged Trump during the debate on his past comments about 'nuking hurricanes.'

Trump claimed he never said that.

Axios says he did:

"According to US news website Axios, the president said in a meeting with top national security and homeland security officials about the threat of hurricanes: “I got it. I got it. Why don’t we nuke them?”

“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?”"

Trump suggests 'nuking hurricanes' to stop them hitting America – report
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This demonstrates just how unhinged Trump is.
 
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