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Do you think this tweet starts WW3

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Wasn't there also evidence of Russia trying to help Hillary as well? I know I heard something about it a few times over and then that quickly faded away. There was SOOOOOO much that Hillary did to try and rig things in her favor, and she still couldn't win. Is this all just a big game of "Who can rig things better" now?
If I recall correctly, everything pertaining to Hillary working with Russian hackers came from the Trump campaign team. I'd say it's fair to assume they were trying to shift the focus to her so that if any meddling WAS discovered, law enforcement would assume it was her

It's like when you're in kindergarten and walk up to the teacher, covered in dirt, and say "I think Billy knocked over a flower pot"
 
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If I recall correctly, everything pertaining to Hillary working with Russian hackers came from the Trump campaign team. I'd say it's fair to assume they were trying to shift the focus to her so that if any meddling WAS discovered, law enforcement would assume it was her

It's like when you're in kindergarten and walk up to the teacher, covered in dirt, and say "I think Billy knocked over a flower pot"
I am pretty sure it came up from wikileaks.
 

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I am pretty sure it came up from wikileaks.
Did it? I know that WikiLeaks dumped a bunch of emails but I don't recall them tying anything with the Clinton campaign team to Russia specifically. As a matter of fact, I think there was conjecture at the time that Julian was aided by Russian hackers to get the emails in the first place

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tbh I don't care anymore - i have a German citizenship so I'll just move there and won't participate at all in this
If that's your choice and this DOES break out, make sure you cut off your American citizenship so you don't get drafted
 

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Did it? I know that WikiLeaks dumped a bunch of emails but I don't recall them tying anything with the Clinton campaign team to Russia specifically. As a matter of fact, I think there was conjecture at the time that Julian was aided by Russian hackers to get the emails in the first place

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If that's your choice and this DOES break out, make sure you cut off your American citizenship so you don't get drafted
I'm also a dual citizen, but I'm lucky because they don't put doctors on the front line.

I wouldn't suggest giving up citizenship unless you really had to - because you can't get it back without naturalizing like a foreigner.
 
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Did it? I know that WikiLeaks dumped a bunch of emails but I don't recall them tying anything with the Clinton campaign team to Russia specifically. As a matter of fact, I think there was conjecture at the time that Julian was aided by Russian hackers to get the emails in the first place

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If that's your choice and this DOES break out, make sure you cut off your American citizenship so you don't get drafted
you can get drafted while living in another country?

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I'm also a dual citizen, but I'm lucky because they don't put doctors on the front line.

I wouldn't suggest giving up citizenship unless you really had to - because you can't get it back without naturalizing like a foreigner.
Citizen of Canada and..?
 
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you can get drafted while living in another country?

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Citizen of Canada and..?
Yes you can be drafted if you live in another country.

And I'm actually US/Irish - the Canadian thing was an April Fool's joke
 

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Yes you can be drafted if you live in another country.

And I'm actually US/Irish - the Canadian thing was an April Fool's joke
YOU'VE LIED TO US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How could you be drafted? I think it would be a waste of money to drag you onto an airplane and bring you back to the US.
 

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I am pretty sure it came up from wikileaks.
There were actually a lot of questionable claims that said Wikileaks leaked a lot of stuff, but were more than likely fake. Since most people don't actually check wikileaks, these arctles spread like wild fire.
 

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If a war begins for a tweet of an a**hole as Trump-et... then it's not him who's wrong, but all those that obey his stupidities.

He's working for himself, he's a business man, not a real worker for USA's citizens or interests for any matter.

Remember that war is a business, a huge one.
 

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you can get drafted while living in another country?

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Citizen of Canada and..?
Yes if you have dual citizenship technically you can be drafted while in another country (assuming the authorities in said country are willing to cooperate). Many of the people that fled to Canada during Vietnam did so illegally so they were completely undocumented, so in the event Canada decided to cooperate, they 'vanished without a trace'. No record of them ever being in Canada
 
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Do you think this tweet starts WW3?

Hard to say. I'll openly admits it scares me more than his average tweets, but then again: we're dealing with a narcistic psychopath here. It really comes down to how many people are willing to act by whatever he tweets. It also deserves mentioning that he calmed down a bit in following tweets, which would be comedy gold if real life was a comedy...but it isn't.

Oh, and...he also managed to piss off the rest of the world with saying that the US successfully fought IS and should be thankful for that*. the end result is that the best possible outcome for me would be a bombing of the white house. I never thought I'd be in favor of it, but let's be honest here: everyone worth a damn on the field of politics or leadership has either already left that place or was fired from it anyhow.


...I also want to nominate that guy who suspended Trump's twitter account for person of the year. Despite being utterly unsuccessful, at least he can say that he delayed world war 3 by six minutes.



*the rest of the world choses to believe that the second gulf war caused IS to come into being, so a thanks would be at best a disdained "thanks for at least attempting to clean up the mess you caused"
 
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If we didn't believe that Kim Jong Un would nuke us, why should we think that Trump would start WW3?
That's an easy one: Kim Jong-Un has no reason whatsoever to start a war. Maybe he has something close to a nuclear bomb, but he doesn't have an army nor allies to do anything.
USA, on the other hand, sits on a huge-ass army and a population that's thoroughly divided, especially concerning their president. Starting a war would quiet all sorts of protests around his person (things like that investigation would be able to classify as "unpatriotic" without people seeing right through it). It would also strengthen bonds with allies (as much as I hate it, France and Britain are joining in).

Finally...Kim is a born and bred politician. He has ruled his country for years. Donald, on the other hand, can't even properly run a casino. His popularity is terrible and he (already) has the doubtful record of having fired the most employees as president in the US history. He is, simply put, not fit to lead a country*.



*I believe Obama when he said that Trump wasn't even fit to be a shop manager, but I'll admit that I think that mostly because I disagree with his views.
 

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