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BaronChocula

(4,463 posts)
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 07:30 PM 22 hrs ago

Who'll stop him from pushing "the Button"?

At least one other person suggested nukes would be in play for this megalomaniacal stooge. I wish I could remember who it was so I could give them credit. But you KNOW how his ham-fisted brain works. He has no patience for anything that requires more than a few minutes of applied strategy. With all of his magical thinking, he knows he's losing and the more he loses, the quicker he wants his version of winning which in this case would be a quick annihilation of Iran.

It's a matter of time before it comes out that nukes entered the discussion early on with military brass ringing their hands over having a commander who once asked why we can't use nukes.

Hopefully, him demanding that option will hasten enacting provisions of Section 4 of the 25th Amendment.

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Who'll stop him from pushing "the Button"? (Original Post) BaronChocula 22 hrs ago OP
Really, really hoping it's this guy... Blue Owl 22 hrs ago #1
Nobody. RockRaven 22 hrs ago #2
Will postpone thinking about that one. cachukis 22 hrs ago #3
I'm afraid there probably isn't. underpants 21 hrs ago #4
Oy! BaronChocula 17 hrs ago #6
Used to feel safe, BUT bluestarone 21 hrs ago #5
Not to worry, everything's shiny. area51 16 hrs ago #7
Unfortunately, the right to push the button comes with being president. Ms. Toad 16 hrs ago #8

RockRaven

(19,177 posts)
2. Nobody.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 07:42 PM
22 hrs ago

And after he does it, the MAGAts/Repugs won't even help nor allow us to remove him (if any of us survive whatever follows, that is).

underpants

(196,145 posts)
4. I'm afraid there probably isn't.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 08:10 PM
21 hrs ago

I asked about what I’ve always considered as some sort of buffer, at least in operations, from the Pentagon brass.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221090815

BaronChocula

(4,463 posts)
6. Oy!
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 12:06 AM
17 hrs ago

You don’t think nukes would change the pattern of paralysis? Not that I hold these tools in any high regard. I’m sure Kegbreath is all in. But my fingers are crossed for some kind of Operation Valkyrie or mutiny even if it’s not unanimous.

bluestarone

(22,039 posts)
5. Used to feel safe, BUT
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 08:13 PM
21 hrs ago

Not any more. Never thought RETHUGS would give away our great country. Now i know better.

Ms. Toad

(38,534 posts)
8. Unfortunately, the right to push the button comes with being president.
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 01:08 AM
16 hrs ago

It would be nice if people had thought about that before they elected him.

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