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Keith Olbermann discusses the implications of Trump's recent threats regarding nuclear weapons and the political climate surrounding it.

SEASON 4 EPISODE 76: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: The OTHER part of Dementia J. Trump’s vile, multi-religion blasphemous Easter post is the operative part “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge day… “There will be nothing like it… “You’ll be living in Hell… "Just watch…”  All that was followed four hours and 35 minutes later by quote “Tuesday 8:00 PM Eastern Time," plus phone calls to his media stenographers: If there’s no deal Monday he’s quote “blowing up the whole country” and “I am blowing up everything over there." What that is, is at least a threat to use tactical nuclear weapons against Iran. Even if it’s JUST a threat, or the “nuclear” part is hyperbole, it is still a threat to use massive amounts of conventional ordnance but Trump of course has longed to use nuclear weapons since the first term, asking his generals why we had them if we didn’t use them. He wants to. He's a sadist who wants to see people die. And of course, he IS crazy: “I know him… and… he…

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Host: Keith Olbermann

Topics covered

• nuclear threats
• political commentary
• Trump's actions
• Middle East tensions
• Easter post controversy

Keywords

• nuclear war
• Trump
• Easter post
• Iran
• Marjorie Taylor Greene
• Strait of Hormuz
• politics
• threats

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Places: Iran, Strait of Hormuz

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