Trump Wants To Drop Nuclear Bombs On Hurricanes To Keep Them From Hitting US

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 22: U.S. President Donald Trump walks away after presenting the Medal of Freedom to retired Boston Celtic Bob Cousy in the Oval Office at the White House on August 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. ... WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 22: U.S. President Donald Trump walks away after presenting the Medal of Freedom to retired Boston Celtic Bob Cousy in the Oval Office at the White House on August 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Mr. Cousy is credited helping the Boston Celtics win six National championships. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Trump has suggested to senior advisers at least twice that the U.S. should drop a nuclear bomb into the eye of a hurricane to keep it from hitting the U.S., Axios reported.

According to a sources who heard him make the remarks and spoke to Axios, Trump first raised the bombastic idea during a hurricane briefing at the White House.

“I got it. I got it. Why don’t we nuke them?” Trump said according to a 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?”

People in the room were “astonished” by Trump’s suggestion, according to the Axios source.

Trump also brought up bombing hurricanes during a conversation with a senior administration official. According to a source who was briefed on the memo from that meeting, Trump made a similar suggestion about bombing hurricanes to keep them from hitting the homeland.

Trump tweeted on Monday morning combatting the reporting, saying the notion that he suggested blowing up hurricanes was “ridiculous.”

Read the full Axios report here.

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  1. Avatar for ur ur says:

    Well, Trump denied it, so now you know that he absolutely 100% said it. Plus, I guarantee he got this idea from watching Sharknado.

  2. Avatar for ajoguy ajoguy says:

    Will the “just kidding” disclaimer be on today’s new cycle?

  3. Also from that report: In response to questions about the the idea, a senior administration official reportedly defended the president, arguing that his heart was in the right place.

    His heart might be in the right place but his brain has definitely left the skull, traveling south.

  4. I suppose if we dropped one on Copenhagen it would clear the way for a purchase of Greenland, also.

  5. Avatar for tsp tsp says:

    To the rest of the world, i apologize that this child was given the office of President of this nation by a few lost souls in the Electoral College. Rest assured, the majority of American’s have never approved of him, nor wish this charade of his Presidency to continue. I would ask for your help in rectifying the situation we’re in, but that would be illegal. Therefore, i will only ask for your patience as we face this crisis to our nation’s survival. We will survive the regime of Dotard Drumpf. We will be a leader in this world, once again, soon.

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