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0 pointsduskwuff5y ago0 comments

Doesn't matter. Imagine, for a moment, a Tweet posted on Trump's account along the lines of Reagan's joke in 1984 [1]:

> Iran has gone TOO FAR! As President I have ordered the use of nuclear weapons against key military targets. We begin bombing in five minutes.

Regardless of the plausibility of the message, it would be likely to trigger a panicked response from foreign militaries. It's not at all implausible that it'd start a war.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_begin_bombing_in_five_minut...

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fermienrico5y ago

Not sure why you're downvoted. This is a real possibility as insane as it sounds.

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0 pointsduskwuff5y ago0 comments

Doesn't matter. Imagine, for a moment, a Tweet posted on Trump's account along the lines of Reagan's joke in 1984 [1]:

> Iran has gone TOO FAR! As President I have ordered the use of nuclear weapons against key military targets. We begin bombing in five minutes.

Regardless of the plausibility of the message, it would be likely to trigger a panicked response from foreign militaries. It's not at all implausible that it'd start a war.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_begin_bombing_in_five_minut...