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I remember back when Trump got caught with all those classified docs there was a story about him showing off some about submarines to a rich Australian dude. There was a comment about how everyone in the navy knows that you do not talk about subs. Everything about them is top secret, and if it were anyone else there would be very severe consequences.

Boomers (ballistic missile subs) whole raison d'etre is to be the most powerful weapon platform of all time, be anywhere, be undetectable. MAD is predicated on not knowing from where the punch might come. Trump just said, "Sup bitch! We put boomers in your back yard and we're not afraid to use them!"

Of all the shit Trump has done, this makes my Gen X gut drop. He's playing with world-ending apocalypse. The height of the Cold War didn't see nation states fuck around like this. Never in my life, or history as I know it, has an American President or Soviet/Russian leader stated anything so provocative.

Hadn't been too worried about Russia's nuclear arsenal, but it exists and Ruskies are paranoid bastards. This isn't brinksmanship, nor Nixon's madman theory, this is a toddler poking a rabid dog with a stick. And that dog is already starving, ravening and scared shitless.

"Yeah, we have subs in the Pacific and Eastern Med. I know it. You know it. But now I'm telling you, telling the world." That's a fucking threat. In diplomatic terms this states, "Blink and I'll fucking end you."

What should be a secret? That nuclear (propulsion or arms?) submarines are in appropriate regions? I should hope that that is always the case.

IMHO what Trump writes about is just business as usual. Standard posturing (both literally and figuratively) that is happening anyhow all the time on all sides. Anyhow, all it says is "appropriate positions", so I counter: shouldn't military submarines always be in "appropriate positions"?

Normally you wouldn't ~~tweet~~ ~~truth~~ lie about something like that at all. My guess is one of his PR people thought a little fearmongering might distract from other issues...

He isn't that self aware, so no.

Nuke subs just means powered by nuclear. They may or not have nuclear weapons.

It would be pretty distracting.

Eh, it makes sense as a deterrent. And he didn't specify where they are. But I don't think he knows "nuclear submarines" are not nuclear armed submarines. They are just nuclear-powered, meaning they don't consume oxygen to run (no fuel burned) and don't need to resurface for a long time.

Is it distracting from Epstein and his pedo rape island?. Then it's on the menu

So children. They're both children.

Oh, lots of things.

We started with a genocide of the native people and then the wealthy land owners revolted against paying taxes.

Honestly this is just standard posturing, no threat. Not revealing exact positions either. Putin probably does this sort of shit daily (not on social media though).

Anything to distract from more pressing issues as you said.

And he clearly did not write this one himself.

Taunting North Korea's leader in 2017 by calling him "Rocket boy"*, that was a different matter: for a moment we all held our breath. Ultimately nothing happened, he even stumbled into probably his one and only diplomatic win, but still: that was inflammatory.

* (and any number of similar tweets since then; that was just the first one while in office)

I propose a new amendment. A person must be homeless for a presidential term before they can be allowed to serve in a presidential capacity.

Then the least of us can lead with empathy, at least that is the hope.

Then maybe we can get fucking health care, including mental health.

Will the real DJT please stand up, please stand down, please fuck off.