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Doodley

(11,942 posts) Tue Apr 7, 2026, 10:31 AM Yesterday

If Trump carries out his threat, it's goodbye to American democracy this week. Trump will immediately go full dictator

Trump is talking about committing the most horrendous act any American president has ever committed, a crime against humanity on the scale of Hitler. Iran has a population of 93 millions people, and he is talking about destroying the whole nation, or at best destroying infrastructure,desalination plants and power plants that are all keeping the population alive. It will be a humanitarian disaster that will spill over to neighboring nations.

The only way Trump could survive carrying out a crime on that scale is through a coup. There will literally be a power grab this week, a full takeover by this regime.

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If Trump carries out his threat, it's goodbye to American democracy this week. Trump will immediately go full dictator (Original Post) Doodley Yesterday OP

If he follows through on his threats. IF it happens. Things will start johnnyfins Yesterday #1

Was it a democracy if we could get to this point? leftstreet Yesterday #2

Good point. I think getting to this point exposed the flaws. Doodley Yesterday #3

If nothing is done about him today... S/V Loner Yesterday #4

"Trump is talking about committing the most horrendous act any American president has ever committed" not really EX500rider Yesterday #5

Yes really: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." Did that happen in Japan? Doodley Yesterday #6

Maybe he means ours Bettie Yesterday #7

Unless the 60 biggest cities in Iran get burnt to the ground it will be no way near Japan's destruction EX500rider Yesterday #9

It will be goodbye US dollar first malaise Yesterday #8

johnnyfins

(3,817 posts)

1. If he follows through on his threats. IF it happens. Things will start

Reply to Doodley (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 10:40 AM

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Before 8pm est tonight. That's for sure. And, coincidently, congress is on vacation.

I'm thinking of our service members and their families.

leftstreet

(40,877 posts)

2. Was it a democracy if we could get to this point?

Reply to Doodley (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 10:53 AM

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Doodley

(11,942 posts)

3. Good point. I think getting to this point exposed the flaws.

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 11:05 AM

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S/V Loner

(9,552 posts)

4. If nothing is done about him today...

Reply to Doodley (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 11:15 AM

Yesterday

then it is 100% on us.
No other options.

EX500rider

(12,608 posts)

5. "Trump is talking about committing the most horrendous act any American president has ever committed" not really

Reply to Doodley (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 11:21 AM

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The United States bombed over 60 major Japanese cities during World War II, primarily through a massive, sustained incendiary campaign in 1945, in addition to the two atomic bombings. While the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are most famous, conventional firebombing devastated most of Japan's urban industrial areas.

Key details:
Firebombing Campaign: By August 1945, about 60 major cities had been burned down. Another source indicates 67 cities were specifically targeted for firebombing, often destroying massive percentages of the urban areas.

Major Targets: Major cities firebombed included Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Osaka, Yokohama, and Kawasaki.
The Firebombing of Tokyo: The March 9-10, 1945, raid on Tokyo alone killed over 100,000 people, comparable to the atomic bombing death tolls.

Atomic Bombings: Two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945).

Total Destruction: The US Strategic Bombing Survey reported that 60 major Japanese cities were burned down