- Sun Aug 25, 2019 7:35 pm
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OK everybody....now it's safe to say that Trump is officially batshit insane.
President Donald Trump has reportedly suggested a number of times that the U.S. explore using nuclear bombs to prevent hurricanes from hitting the U.S. mainland.
Axios on Sunday reported that Trump has made the suggestion on multiple occasions in private meetings.
According to Axios: “During one hurricane briefing at the White House, Trump said, ‘I got it. I got it. Why don’t we nuke them?’ according to one source who was there. ‘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?’ the source added, paraphrasing the president’s remarks.”
The official delivering the briefing was reportedly “astonished.”
“After the meeting ended, we thought, ‘What the f---? What do we do with this?’” Axios’s source said.
The concept of nuking hurricanes is fraught with hazards.
According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, a blast might not even alter the storm’s path, and “the released radioactive fallout would fairly quickly move with the tradewinds to affect land areas and cause devastating environmental problems.”
“Needless to say, this is not a good idea,” NOAA added on its website.
Doing so would also be in violation of the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty, which the U.S. ratified in 1990.
President Donald Trump has reportedly suggested a number of times that the U.S. explore using nuclear bombs to prevent hurricanes from hitting the U.S. mainland.
Axios on Sunday reported that Trump has made the suggestion on multiple occasions in private meetings.
According to Axios: “During one hurricane briefing at the White House, Trump said, ‘I got it. I got it. Why don’t we nuke them?’ according to one source who was there. ‘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?’ the source added, paraphrasing the president’s remarks.”
The official delivering the briefing was reportedly “astonished.”
“After the meeting ended, we thought, ‘What the f---? What do we do with this?’” Axios’s source said.
The concept of nuking hurricanes is fraught with hazards.
According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, a blast might not even alter the storm’s path, and “the released radioactive fallout would fairly quickly move with the tradewinds to affect land areas and cause devastating environmental problems.”
“Needless to say, this is not a good idea,” NOAA added on its website.
Doing so would also be in violation of the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty, which the U.S. ratified in 1990.