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Do you think this tweet starts WW3

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I mean brinkmanship has always been a thing, especially during the Cold War, but in Trumps case it isn't really a tactic. Just him shitposting on his twitter, which most people don't take seriously, much less world leaders.
 
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I mean brinkmanship has always been a thing, especially during the Cold War, but in Trumps case it isn't really a tactic. Just him shitposting on his twitter, which most people don't take seriously, much less world leaders.
Actually there are plenty of people that take him seriously, thinks what he is doing is great, and defend him over it.....
 
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If Trump actually committed to half the things he tweeted, we would have been in WWIII a long time ago.
Personally I think it's gonna be his racially motivated pursuit against Mexico and Hispanics that's gonna cause it.
 
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Well, Trump is just a marionette in the hands of Jewish bankers. Like Mel Gibson said "Jews are Responsible for all wars in the world" and that true in 100% if u know the history.If ww3 happens there will be no winners on any sides, unlikely that will ever happen.
 

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Our best shot at ousting him is to vote blue in the midterms this November

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While his wording is definitely sensationalist, he has a very solid point. Trump thirsts for attention and validation and I'm not completely convinced that his narcissism wouldn't extend to starting an international war as a show of power
Highly unlikely - the democrats would need to get super majorities to impeach Trump - 2/3.
Well, Trump is just a marionette in the hands of Jewish bankers. Like Mel Gibson said "Jews are Responsible for all wars in the world" and that true in 100% if u know the history.If ww3 happens there will be no winners on any sides, unlikely that will ever happen.
Are you saying Jews cause all wars now or always have?

Like - do you think Jews caused the American revolution?
 
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Highly unlikely - the democrats would need to get super majorities to impeach Trump - 2/3.
Correct, and the trends have been showing traditionally red States voting blue in recent months because they feel betrayed. It's not a certainty, definitely, but it's more likely than you give credit for
Well, Trump is just a marionette in the hands of Jewish bankers. Like Mel Gibson said "Jews are Responsible for all wars in the world" and that true in 100% if u know the history.If ww3 happens there will be no winners on any sides, unlikely that will ever happen.
What the hell is this hot anti-Semitic garbage
 
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Correct, and the trends have been showing traditionally red States voting blue in recent months because they feel betrayed. It's not a certainty, definitely, but it's more likely than you give credit for

What the hell is this hot anti-Semitic garbage
Okay so super majority is 67 seats
There are 33 seats up for grabs
26 of those seats are Democrat
9 are Republican
The republicans currently have 51 seats
if they lose every seat up for reelection they will be at 42 seats
if the democrats win every seat up for reelection they will be at 58 seats

So even in the highly unlikely chance that democrats win every single senate seat, they will still not have a super majority of 67. The best they can do is 58 no matter what.

Meaning no matter what happens, democrats cannot get enough seats in the senate to impeach Trump.

This is all due to the fact that only 1/3 of seats are up for reelection in any year - and it just so happens that most of the seats up for grabs this cycle are in democrat hands.
 
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Okay so super majority is 67 seats
There are 33 seats up for grabs
26 of those seats are Democrat
9 are Republican
The republicans currently have 51 seats
if they lose every seat up for reelection they will be at 42 seats
if the democrats win every seat up for reelection they will be at 58 seats

So even in the highly unlikely chance that democrats win every single senate seat, they will still not have a super majority of 67. The best they can do is 58 no matter what.

Meaning no matter what happens, democrats cannot get enough seats in the senate to impeach Trump.

This is all due to the fact that only 1/3 of seats are up for reelection in any year - and it just so happens that most of the seats up for grabs this cycle are in democrat hands.
Now hang on, you're looking at the Senate; they're responsible for convicting the President of a crime. The House of Representatives is the branch that impeaches, on the other hand, with 218 members required for a 2/3rds majority. Now, there are currently 192 Democrats sitting, and ALL of the House seats are up for reelection this year. Even assuming Democrats don't get full control, though, one would imagine that there are at least a handful of Republican representatives that still have a few scruples left and want to be on the right side of history

NOW, to CONVICT and remove from office, you're absolutely right about not having nearly enough Democrats in the Senate; however, something tells me that once the ship starts sinking, the proverbial rats will be all too willing to flee, if only, again, just to save face and increase reelection odds for the next term
 
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I personally believe this is all for show. Trump and Putin are in good standing with each other. Just because of all this bullshit that the democrats keep claiming, this is to make it look like that Trump and Putin are at odds. Nothing is going to break out, nothing is going to happen.
 
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The fact alone that he doesn't know what he's doing is what could enable him to do dumb things like that. Since he's the military commander-in-chief, he actually has the authority to order "retaliative" actions like that, and since it's related to protecting Ukraine, which itself is in a party in the Syria fight (which is a war the US is involved in and thus gives him wartime powers) he might ACTUALLY be able to go through with it without Congress needing to vote on it
Let's just hope the person who has to actually launch the nuke when Trump orders it to be fired abandons post lol. That' why I would do if I were said person, Trump is a complete an utter clown, go ahead and hang me for treason at that point, as long as I'm not contributing to the annihilation of all life on earth.....

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Looks like the s-400's will be tested against America's "smart" missiles
Hopefully the Russians don't strike the launch location as it would likely be a US destroyer and that would possibly cause open conflict
 
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I personally believe this is all for show. Trump and Putin are in good standing with each other. Just because of all this bullshit that the democrats keep claiming, this is to make it look like that Trump and Putin are at odds. Nothing is going to break out, nothing is going to happen.
I wouldn't call it "bullshit" if an independent investigation keeps tying people who worked for him to shady Russian officials, but I otherwise agree
 
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I wouldn't call it "bullshit" if an independent investigation keeps tying people who worked for him to shady Russian officials, but I otherwise agree
In all honesty, what I truly find as bullshit is all this shit that Hillary did and she has completely gotten away with it. If it was Trump that did exactly what Hillary has done then he would be in prison. An absolute bias going on there.
 

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In all honesty, what I truly find as bullshit is all this shit that Hillary did and she has completely gotten away with it. If it was Trump that did exactly what Hillary has done then he would be in prison. An absolute bias going on there.
See, the funny thing about that is that there were multiple Republican-led hearings that failed to convinct her of doing anything illegal. Was it shitty? Yeah, definitely. Did it smell fishy? Certainly. But Republicans had their chance to put her away and they failed, so they really can't try again at this point unless it's in conjunction with another crime she would commit in the future
 
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See, the funny thing about that is that there were multiple Republican-led hearings that failed to convinct her of doing anything illegal. Was it shitty? Yeah, definitely. Did it smell fishy? Certainly. But Republicans had their chance to put her away and they failed, so they really can't try again at this point unless it's in conjunction with another crime she would commit in the future
What you just described is the democrats attacking Trump for the past, i don't know, forever, and still failing. But of course, they can and will keep going until they convict him of something.
 

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Now hang on, you're looking at the Senate; they're responsible for convicting the President of a crime. The House of Representatives is the branch that impeaches, on the other hand, with 218 members required for a 2/3rds majority. Now, there are currently 192 Democrats sitting, and ALL of the House seats are up for reelection this year. Even assuming Democrats don't get full control, though, one would imagine that there are at least a handful of Republican representatives that still have a few scruples left and want to be on the right side of history

NOW, to CONVICT and remove from office, you're absolutely right about not having nearly enough Democrats in the Senate; however, something tells me that once the ship starts sinking, the proverbial rats will be all too willing to flee, if only, again, just to save face and increase reelection odds for the next term
You are right, yeah. Impeachment is initiated by Congress.

No president has ever been convicted by the Senate. I have a hard time believing Trump will be.
What you just described is the democrats attacking Trump for the past, i don't know, forever, and still failing. But of course, they can and will keep going until they convict him of something.
Rosenstein (a Republican appointed by Trump) appointed Mueller (a republican and former FBI head appointed by Bush) to investigate Trump. It's not the Dems, both sides of the party line are after Trump - if I had to guess, this is because there really is collusion.
 
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See, the funny thing about that is that there were multiple Republican-led hearings that failed to convinct her of doing anything illegal. Was it shitty? Yeah, definitely. Did it smell fishy? Certainly. But Republicans had their chance to put her away and they failed, so they really can't try again at this point unless it's in conjunction with another crime she would commit in the future
I wouldn't blame that on the republicans. I think James Comey dropped the ball there. Anyone who would believe that she had no clue about the personal email server, destroying phones, bleach bit on her computers, and everything else that she did is just doing personal favors and letting her get away with it. What she did was definitely criminal. All the politicians like rubbing each others backs.

But, honestly, what do I know? I try to not get too involved with all this 'he said, she said' bullshit. It's all just lies anyways.

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Rosenstein (a Republican appointed by Trump) appointed Mueller (a republican and former FBI head appointed by Bush) to investigate Trump. It's not the Dems, both sides of the party line are after Trump - if I had to guess, this is because there really is collusion.
Wasn't there also evidence of Russia trying to help Hillary as well? I know I heard something about it a few times over and then that quickly faded away. There was SOOOOOO much that Hillary did to try and rig things in her favor, and she still couldn't win. Is this all just a big game of "Who can rig things better" now?
 

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