The potential bad thing about Trump's low poll numbers - Trump Wags the Dog

[yellowcanine]

Starts a war, not just a trade war but a real live shooting war. What are the chances for this?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Maybe. And John Bolton would be right there with him.

We can only hope someone will point out that the Iraq war didn't do W's reputation any good.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. But it probably helped give him a slight boost in winning a second (or first) term as President

Would getting into a war help Trump win re-election? I sort of doubt it. If he appeared to have caused it somehow, it probably would be viewed as just another sign of his incompetence. And the people he currently has around him probably would be ill-equipped to deal with it. After all, he has several "acting" cabinet officials at the moment and that's how he likes it.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. A possibility to be sure

but, unless we- or one of our allies- are attacked first, there's nothing that I can think of offhand that would cause people to rally around Trump and, hence, no real motivation for him to start something.

[at140]

3. Agree with you +10

[yellowcanine]

6. Not saying it would help him. But he might THINK it would.

So the danger is there.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. Agreed

He doesn't live in the same reality as the rest of us, so, yeah.

[Dennis Donovan]

5. He might believe being a "wartime Potus" would help his re-election.

Starting (or escalating) a war doesn't always help. Ask LBJ...

[yellowcanine]

7. Or ask Nixon. Seemed to work for him.

Nixon secretly bombed Cambodia. When it came out the crap hit the fan and we had Kent State and all of that. But Nixon still won reelection - big time.