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”I think you would have nuclear holocaust, if I didn’t deal with North Korea,” he explained, and then added: “And I think you might have a nuclear war now, if you want to know the truth.”

It is still worth remembering that Obama tried to work with North Korea, but the Republicans shamed him because they said he should only meet with them if they agreed to get rid of their nukes.

Trump did nothing to protect the world from North Korea, but gave Kim Jong-Un a nice photo op to help legitimize his power.

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And saluted north Korean generals

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Well have we tried becoming North Korea? That would definitely avoid North Korea from launching jukes at us. /s

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Do you know how to tell when politicians are being hypocritical? When they open thier mouth. You could do literally nothing but point out hypocrisys of poloticians all day for your entire adult life and never run out. It is the equivalent of saying “bruh”.

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The both-sides-narrative only helps the far-right.

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(serious) could you expound on what you mean by this?

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bruh

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Time for your meds

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Don’t see why this is down voted so much. People spend way too much time focusing on hypocrisy. It’s freaking boring and it sways absolutely no one’s opinion

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Because the political parties andvthe media want them to focus on how the other side is bad. For tge poloticians it means they don’t have to do much good. For the media it sells. And by the vote differences you can tell how few people realky get that. But in all honesty, it is human nature to have such a tribe mentality.

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Thank god he negotiated a peace deal with the hurricane at the last minute.

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Why do you think Idalia ravaged Florida? It’s because Trump wasn’t president with his magic sharpie… Obviously.

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I averted bank robbery….by not robbing the bank.

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you have my vote!

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And America thanks you

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Hes not wrong. We almost did have nuclear war.

Because of his stupidity and assholery toward North Korea.

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He succesful prevented nuclear holocaust by being voted out before he could make everything even worse

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There are some things you read online that i just can’t get out of my brain. One of those things was a random comment when trump came back from north korea, that said something like: after all these years under obama, i van finally rest easy, i can finally sleep at night, now that my family is save and we are not under constant nuclear threat anymore.

I get that people are paranoid and scared, and they hide at home with a gun under their pillow. But how the fuck does this thought crosses anyone’s mind? From the guy who can barely say nuclear.

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How does that thought cross their mind?

Because black man scary, that’s why.

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That wasn’t even close to a nuclear war. The real threat was nuking the hurricanes. Just imagine what could have happened if Atlantis retaliated. /s

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…Florida sinks into the sea? I’m good with that.

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Give it a couple more years. Climate change is going to make each and every hurricane that hits Florida a Cat 5. Hell, the water might even get so hot they will invent a new Cat 6!

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I think, as a society, we need to admit Atlantis is owed reparations anyways.

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No, we didn’t. At no point in any of our presidents’ tenures was North Korea a nuclear threat, regardless of how the US or that president was treating them.

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That’s just patently untrue. They’ve never been capable of ICBM’s but they have nuclear attack subs that Naval ASW sorties have been tracking for years because they can just pull up to the coast and start firing nukes.

In fact submarines are the most realistic nuclear threat we have, the time between launch and detonation is mere minutes compared to the orbital flight time of an ICBM.

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Having nukes is not the same as a nuclear threat. India and Pakistan have nukes, but neither are nuclear threats. China has nukes and is not a nuclear threat.

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North Korea is not a threat and never will be a threat unless attacked. They are just hungry and making a show. Fucking Americans man…

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Hey now, most Americans know NK is not a threat. Just not the dumbass ex president.

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I know that, and you know that, but you’re talking about a guy that seriously considered nuking a hurricane.

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It’s like watching Cartman come up with crazier and crazier stories as he takes credit for the fish sticks joke

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