17th March 2017, 11:08 PM
Global warming... even with Democrats in power we don't do nearly enough. As terrible as the Trump administration already is for the climate, is there really still any chance of stopping really bad climate change? Because I'm certainly no scientist, but from what little I read, even in the best realistic scenarios of what we could be doing now, it's not enough. Not even close. Trump will probably just make the really bad stuff happen a little faster, not not happen at all, sadly enough... because it would take very serious efforts to even start slowing it down, and nobody is willing to do that. We're already seeing the effects, with new record highs set pretty much every month now, but it is going to get so much worse in the future. Of course everything helps, but it's not like nuclear war, where either it happens or it doesn't; it's "it happens quicker or slightly less fast", I think.
As for nuclear war though, I don't know, I doubt it'll happen. I guess it could, but I doubt it; even with Trump's temperament and low intelligence, I do think he's learned just enough about nuclear weapons to know we can't use them... though the saber-rattling w/ith North Korea does make them doing something really awful possible I guess, yes. I hope not.
Quote: Oh, and I don't think Russia benefiting from us pulling out monetary support from other countries is any coincidence, do you?Yeah, there's no way that that is a cooincidence. Trump's numerous Russian contacts must have encouraged him to go in that direction, because it greatly helps Russia today. I guess they think that a larger US military isn't as threatening if our world position is worse, which, well, is true; more planes and ships would mean little if we cede our "we are the essential nation" status over to a murderous autocrat like Putin!
As for nuclear war though, I don't know, I doubt it'll happen. I guess it could, but I doubt it; even with Trump's temperament and low intelligence, I do think he's learned just enough about nuclear weapons to know we can't use them... though the saber-rattling w/ith North Korea does make them doing something really awful possible I guess, yes. I hope not.
Quote:(Though I'm sure Trump's too dumb to figure out he's being used.)The people around him aren't so stupid that they don't know that they are helping Russia, but does Trump really get it? ... I think he knows to at least some extent, somewhere deep inside, but surely has convinced himself that whatever it is that he's done, it was all fine and perfectly justified. He well may genuinely believe that Putin is his friend though, sure... and Trump supports people he likes.