Democratic governor: 'Unstable' Trump could start nuclear war
Source: McClatchy
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday that hes worried President Donald Trump will ignore the Constitution and start a pre-emptive war with North Korea, which the Democrat worries will quickly escalate into a nuclear conflict.
Im very concerned we have such a chaotic, unbalanced, unstable person with the thermo-nuclear trigger, he said. And we have issues on the Korean Peninsula that I am very concerned about that.
Inslee, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, gave an interview to McClatchy on Wednesday to discuss Democrats victory in the Alabama special election. When asked what he worried could prevent Democrats from victories next year, his mind turned to war.
I dont say this without a lot of thought, he said. I can tell you that there are many in the armed services that share these concerns. Its time for people like myself to warn Americans of this concern.
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He also said that the possibility Trump could start a nuclear war is a clear and present danger to American democracy.
Irish_Dem
(46,918 posts)Trump is clueless and his administration is incompetent and self-serving.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)I'm pretty sure that Mad King Donald would reply to any such national emergency (terrorist attack, economic crash, etc.) with a swift declaration of "temporary" martial law and suspension of civil liberties and the democratic process. Needless to say, that "temporary" state would, curiously, never come to an end...
mountain grammy
(26,619 posts)I think people are unprepared for what may happen.
highplainsdem
(48,968 posts)Irish_Dem
(46,918 posts)But doing the right thing, not so much.
nycbos
(6,034 posts)... I say lets do so in style.
kairos12
(12,852 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)"When asked what he worried could prevent Democrats from victories next year, his mind turned to war."
Shouldn't it be the other way around? Why would that prevent victories for the Democrats? I would think that if the Democrats continue to warn about the unstable man-child, that people would turn to Democrats to make sure the man-child could not get us into a war where no one will win.
bluestarone
(16,906 posts)i worry even more about his generals! SCARY TIMES AHEAD
FakeNoose
(32,633 posts)If anything bad happens, he'll be no help at all. And there's nobody left in the State Dept., they've all quit or been fired.
murielm99
(30,733 posts)since trump "won." Someone needs to take that football away from him.
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)that Wag the Dog is not about actually going to war, but fabricating one.