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BainsBane

(53,026 posts)
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 04:06 PM Oct 2017

Every morning when I wake up

Or even just after a nap, I worry that Trump has started a nuclear war with North Korea. It was particularly bad Saturday, when I woke up and looked around and thought, at least we're still here. Then I turned on the TV to see the cable networks were airing commercials and was relieved.

This is due to Trump's "calm before the storm" comment. While he hasn't nuked them yet, I can't help thinking he's going to do so soon. He's made a series of comments since that indicate to me that is what he meant by "the storm."

I remember the sick feeling I had when the Iraq War started. This of course would be far worse because if N Korea is attacked, they WILL use their nukes. Their entire national identity, from what I've heard, is built around their nuclear capacity and belief they could survive a nuclear war.

If anyone can talk me down, please do so.

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Every morning when I wake up (Original Post) BainsBane Oct 2017 OP
Sorry, I can't talk you down. murielm99 Oct 2017 #1
I can't talk you down. MontanaMama Oct 2017 #2
I never wake up in fear of trump, safeinOhio Oct 2017 #3
You and me both. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #4
Sorry, I can't help you on this one, Bains. sheshe2 Oct 2017 #5
He's terrorizing this country...... cry baby Oct 2017 #6
Can't talk you down, but can emphasize... LuckyCharms Oct 2017 #7
He's way too damn unpredictable for anyone to talk you or anyone down. lunatica Oct 2017 #8
Kudos to Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" Laffy Kat Oct 2017 #9
Don't worry, he's full of shit maxsolomon Oct 2017 #10
I do not pay attention to his crap. Demtexan Oct 2017 #11
That could be BainsBane Oct 2017 #12
Nothing will happen. Demtexan Oct 2017 #13

murielm99

(30,730 posts)
1. Sorry, I can't talk you down.
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 04:13 PM
Oct 2017

I haven't been this frightened since the Cuban Missile Crisis. We had sane people in charge then.

MontanaMama

(23,297 posts)
2. I can't talk you down.
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 04:15 PM
Oct 2017

I'm just here to commiserate. I was up walking the floors from 3:30 on last night doing the same thing. I was relieved when it was time to get the kiddo out of bed and ready for school so I could concentrate on something else. No question Dotard is baiting NK into striking so that he can hit back and have an army of deplorables singing his praises. I only hope that crazy Kim Jong-un isn't AS sick and twisted as 45. This pResident is doing so much damage already...without nukes. Universe, help us.

safeinOhio

(32,657 posts)
3. I never wake up in fear of trump,
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 04:24 PM
Oct 2017

angry about him, yes.

Tend not to worry about things that I have no control over. Worry about getting run over by a school bus or cho cho train, so I drive slow and safely.

That's just me and I do feel bad for you and wish I could help.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,161 posts)
4. You and me both.
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 04:30 PM
Oct 2017

I have an impulse to check the news every morning expecting some catastrophic Breaking News on the chyron.

LuckyCharms

(17,425 posts)
7. Can't talk you down, but can emphasize...
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 04:43 PM
Oct 2017

The past many months, I SNAP awake, after exactly 3 hours. Can't get back to sleep after that. It's crippling me.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
8. He's way too damn unpredictable for anyone to talk you or anyone down.
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 04:43 PM
Oct 2017

I know he will do whatever he wants as long as someone doesn't stop him. He's likely to be quite ignorant of the effect of radiation on living things and the planet. He probably doesn't understand that a nuclear bomb is far more destructive than a leaking nuclear plant.

Demtexan

(1,588 posts)
11. I do not pay attention to his crap.
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 05:57 PM
Oct 2017

He is playing games, that is all.

Relax and enjoy you life.

He does this to upset people.

I wish the press would stop reporting this crap.

The more upset people get the more he will do it.

I really wish the press would call him out on this.

Demtexan

(1,588 posts)
13. Nothing will happen.
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 06:58 PM
Oct 2017

The adults have it under control.
They do not want to be blown up either.

I had a period of stress, I made out ok.

I will not allow that fool in the white house to take me there again.

Just relax and enjoy every day.



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