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BootinUp

(47,144 posts)
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 03:27 PM Jun 2016

U.N. Warns Trump May Be 7 Months Away From Acquiring Nuclear Weapons



NEW YORK—According to an alarming new global risk report published Tuesday by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump may be just seven months away from acquiring nuclear weapons. “A year ago, the threat didn’t seem great enough to warrant serious concern, but at this moment, a nuclear-capable Trump is now a very real and very imminent possibility,” said UNODA high representative Kim Won-soo, adding that the agency’s current projections showed Trump potentially procuring nuclear weapons, as well as advanced ballistic missile technology, as early as January of next year. “The longer we wait to act, the closer he comes to obtaining a nuclear arsenal.

Read the rest at The Onion, lol
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U.N. Warns Trump May Be 7 Months Away From Acquiring Nuclear Weapons (Original Post) BootinUp Jun 2016 OP
that's a pretty scary thought. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #1
It's getting harder all the time to separate satire from what really can happen. Eugene Jun 2016 #2
The Onion is a real treasure! longship Jun 2016 #3
Trump will soon start getting Intelligence Briefings as the Republican nominee. procon Jun 2016 #4
That thought scares me! LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #5

Eugene

(61,891 posts)
2. It's getting harder all the time to separate satire from what really can happen.
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 03:36 PM
Jun 2016

President Trump is a really scary thought.

procon

(15,805 posts)
4. Trump will soon start getting Intelligence Briefings as the Republican nominee.
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 04:34 PM
Jun 2016

The thought of Trump gaining access to highly sensitive information is horrifying, he has no filter. Can he keep his mouth shut, or will he spill American secrets? Maybe Obama should consider canceling the traditional pre-election briefings to the nominees.

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