and it only gets worse [verbatim]
“[DT] is a racist and he stokes racism in this country, and it does not just offend our sensibilities, it fundamentally changes the character of this country and it leads to violence.” Beto O’Rourke, 4 August
“I am the chosen one, somebody had to do it.” DT, 08/21
““Essentially [Greenland] it’s a large real estate deal. A lot of things can be done.” DT, 08/18
“They start forming off the coast of Africa, as they’re moving across the Atlantic, we drop a bomb inside the eye of the hurricane and it disrupts it. Why can’t we do that?” DT, 08/25
“If that perfect phone call with the President of Ukraine isn’t considered appropriate, then no future President can EVER again speak to another foreign leader!” DT, 09/27
“As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!).” DT 10/07
“[The Kurds] didn’t help us in the second world war, they didn’t help us with Normandy.” DT 10/10
October 11, 2019 at 12:47 am
On the idea of nuking hurricanes, Stanislaw Ulam’s autobiography mentions he and Von Neumann actually pursued this idea for a while!
October 11, 2019 at 6:15 am
Right! And H-bomb fanatic Edward Teller was also pushing for civilian usages of H bombs, like digging mines and reservoirs. And fracking.