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usonian

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16. Why, he can start SMALL. No big deal, of course. Nothing could possibly go wrong. /s

Reply to wcmagumba (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 12:14 PM

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From a Hacker News commenter:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47676516

Once the First Use Taboo is broached, nuclear explosives will be used for everything. Wherever you have a spare 100kg of payload and a hardened or area target - nuclear explosives, from a weapon effect perspective, are simply too good not to use, once the cat's out of the bag. It'll be like machine guns in the early days of WW1, but with each bullet the most powerful device made by Man.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] wcmagumba Yesterday OP

I feel the same way. OLDMDDEM Yesterday #1

I think the US military will say NO. Irish_Dem Yesterday #2

We can only hope 🤞and pray🙏! kimbutgar Yesterday #3

Those that would have said no have been fired or demoted... Moostache Yesterday #4

When you are in a no win situation, do the right thing. Irish_Dem Yesterday #20

I would hope so but you never know, TSF and Stephen Miller have the "nuclear football" with the launch codes... wcmagumba Yesterday #5

They wouldn't SamuelTheThird Yesterday #17

There is one thing Trump doesn't know. Irish_Dem Yesterday #21

I think that there is about a 5% chance he nukes Iran -misanthroptimist Yesterday #6

No one will Greg_In_SF Yesterday #7

Now tomorrow, that's another story. johnnyfins Yesterday #8

It's pretty clear he'd love to . . . just for the notoriety. Vinca Yesterday #9

I still think he's bluffing Johnny2X2X Yesterday #10

Where in all of his rants has Trump threatened to use nukes? wnylib Yesterday #19

Bushehr reactor equals destruction for whole region JCMach1 Yesterday #23

If Congress really believed he'd do it orangecrush Yesterday #11

No they want him to use them Bookreadingliberal53 Yesterday #13

Sent my MAGAt brother a "Happy Birthday" on Facebook yesterday Bettie Yesterday #24

LOL...have you seen who their leaders are? Bettie Yesterday #22

There's nothing happening here that would require using a nuke. BlueTsunami2018 Yesterday #12

My guess is he chickens out again Torchlight Yesterday #14

I don't understand why so many people are assuming that wnylib Yesterday #15

Why, he can start SMALL. No big deal, of course. Nothing could possibly go wrong. /s usonian Yesterday #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Grim Chieftain Yesterday #18