Donald Trump wants to ‘stop hurricanes by nuking them’ – 9 favourite responses
Favourite news story of the day has to be this report of Donald Trump’s cunning plan to stop hurricanes hitting the US.
By attacking them with nuclear missiles, according to this news report.
Here’s the meat of it.
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
There’s been no shortage of responses as you might imagine, of which these are our 9 favourites.
1.
We should not nuke hurricanes.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 26, 2019
2.
Trump is stone cold sober but all his ideas sound like something you come up with when you’re super high:
– we should just nuke the hurricanes
– how much would it cost to buy Greenland
– hear me out: SPACE FORCE
– fuck it let’s order 600 burgers pic.twitter.com/sCfPb5B2oi— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) August 26, 2019
3.
Trump’s insane suggestion to use nuclear weapons to stop hurricanes from hitting the US, is the most Trump thing ever.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) August 26, 2019
4.
Everyone's laughing at Trump because he suggested nuking hurricanes but, to be fair, he meant as a last resort. Obviously, he would send in conventional forces first.
— Damien Owens (@OwensDamien) August 26, 2019
5.
Donald Trump defends suggestion that hurricanes could be stopped using nuclear weapons, as it was first suggested by a respected government scientist over 50 years ago: pic.twitter.com/DzI8RQFsvb
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) August 26, 2019
6.
Today it was revealed that Trump has repeatedly asked homeland security to use nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes from hitting the USA, definitively proving once again that he is the dumbest motherfucker alive.
— God (@thegoodgodabove) August 26, 2019
7.
Rejected Trump ideas cont'd.
Nuke Hurricanes
Shoot large waves
Disperse fog with swords
Put fires out with lasers
Throw stones at ghosts— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) August 26, 2019
8.
Donald Trump trying to solve hurricanes by nuking the fuck out of them pic.twitter.com/vFUr8lJ4xJ
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) August 26, 2019
9.
Again, if we didn’t elect Trump to annex things like Greenland, or nuke hurricanes, then what are we even doing this for?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) August 25, 2019
We’re with this guy.
1. Open Twitter on vacation
2. See headlines about Trump nuking hurricanes
3. Throw phone into the Mediterranean
See you all in a week!
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 26, 2019
Here’s what the so-called president had to say about it later.
The story by Axios that President Trump wanted to blow up large hurricanes with nuclear weapons prior to reaching shore is ridiculous. I never said this. Just more FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 26, 2019
So it must be true.