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Judi Lynn

(160,530 posts)
Wed May 11, 2022, 01:58 AM May 2022

Trump repeatedly asked if China had secret 'hurricane gun' and if US could retaliate, report says

Source: Independent

‘I did not get the sense he was joking at all,’ insider tells Rolling Stone magazine

Graeme Massie
Los Angeles
6 hours ago

Donald Trump repeatedly asked White House national security aides if China had a “hurricane gun” to shoot damaging man-made storms at the United States, a report says.

The one-term president demanded to know if such a weapon would constitute an act of war and whether his military could retaliate against the nuclear power, three unnamed former officials told Rolling Stone magazine.

“It was almost too stupid for words,” one source told the magazine, which said that the person was “intimately familiar” with Mr Trump’s questioning.

“I did not get the sense he was joking at all,” the source added.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-hurricane-gun-china-b2076157.html

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Trump repeatedly asked if China had secret 'hurricane gun' and if US could retaliate, report says (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2022 OP
This Won't Move The Needle SoCalDavidS May 2022 #1
Yep, just Trump being Trump PatSeg May 2022 #6
Think about it. China only ever gets typhoons, never hurricanes. Coincidence? I think brewens May 2022 #2
It's sitting up in orbit, right next to the Jewish space lasers. roamer65 May 2022 #3
I'd say they should fit him up with a Fart Pistol and turn him loose. NBachers May 2022 #4
There are few things worse than a stupid man who thinks he's brilliant. Lonestarblue May 2022 #5
Why the Vikings first called the United States Dunning-Kruger Land Strelnikov_ May 2022 #11
While TFG is a man of VERY few talents... MissMillie May 2022 #7
The world's largest leaf blower. twodogsbarking May 2022 #8
Dumber than... Duppers May 2022 #9
The thing is - No one doubts it! Grins May 2022 #10

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
1. This Won't Move The Needle
Wed May 11, 2022, 02:05 AM
May 2022

If Biden said something like this, the repubs would be OUTRAGED and fitting him for a retirement home.

But it's pretty much baked in to TFG, and he has already been given a lifetime pass.

brewens

(13,586 posts)
2. Think about it. China only ever gets typhoons, never hurricanes. Coincidence? I think
Wed May 11, 2022, 02:07 AM
May 2022

not. TFG might be onto something here. LOL

Lonestarblue

(9,988 posts)
5. There are few things worse than a stupid man who thinks he's brilliant.
Wed May 11, 2022, 07:09 AM
May 2022

Or a stupid woman. We have far too much stupid in this country.

MissMillie

(38,557 posts)
7. While TFG is a man of VERY few talents...
Wed May 11, 2022, 09:51 AM
May 2022

...he's particularly good at putting words to "the stupid."



“It was almost too stupid for words,” one source told the magazine, which said that the person was “intimately familiar” with Mr Trump’s questioning.



Grins

(7,217 posts)
10. The thing is - No one doubts it!
Fri May 13, 2022, 12:10 AM
May 2022

After 6 years of his stupid shit like this - it is totally believable!

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