Did I hear Former President Medvedev, from Russia, casually throwing around the “N word” (Nuclear!), and saying that he and other Countries would supply Nuclear Warheads to Iran? Did he really say that or, is it just a figment of my imagination? If he did say that, and, if confirmed, please let me know, IMMEDIATELY. The “N word” should not be treated so casually. I guess that’s why Putin’s “THE BOSS.” By the way, if anyone thinks our “hardware” was great over the weekend, far and away the strongest and best equipment we have, 20 years advanced over the pack, is our Nuclear Submarines. They are the most powerful and lethal weapons ever built, and just launched the 30 Tomahawks — All 30 hit their mark perfectly. So, in addition to our Great Fighter Pilots, thank you to the Captain and Crew!
But rather than relying on information from his own intelligence agencies, satellite imagery, or on-the-ground reporting, Trump instead posted on Truth Social a screenshot of an X post from an anonymous account that claims to conduct open source intelligence investigations*.
*Spoiler: it doesn’t. (the account “lists the website of a Zionist clothing company in its biography”)
Some random guy on the internet said it was a success! What else do you want!?
(This feels like a combination of the usual dynamic where Trump ignores all sources except the ones saying what he wants to believe - which he thinks makes them credible to everyone else - and the dynamic where Trump is just an “racist internet grandpa” who isn’t fully cognizant that he’s president, unaware he has access to substantial intelligence and military data because he can never sit through a briefing.)
Forget about intelligence! Guy on the internet said it was “gone”! [emphatically:] Guy. On. The. Internet.
Some guy on the internet (who will say whatever Trump wants to hear in that moment).
Yeah, just the psychological aspect of a dirty bomb (even a relatively benign one) would be huge because it’s very difficult for the layman to know the difference between (for example) one made with Caesium-137 (very bad) vs. Uranium-238 (half life roughly equal to the age of the earth, and available for purchase on Amazon.) I once took a college class in Nuclear Engineering and I still can’t keep most of those isotopes and radiation types straight in my head.
(Am I surprised that no one involved knows what the Department of Energy actually does, even the guy who heads it? No - these are Republicans, after all. Although, to be fair, the head might have figured it out by now, but is playing dumb for performative reasons.)