Lauren WeinsteinI believe that there is approaching a 50% chance that Trump will either deploy or attempt to deploy a nuclear weapon (probably tactical weapon, perhaps a strategic weapon) in the ongoing conflict. Hegseth has fired most of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who might have fought against such a move. Trump is erratic, deranged, likely deeply senile and mentally ill, and surrounded by self-serving sycophants. This is probably the most dangerous time for the U.S., and the world, since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Janne Pekkala@lauren agree with this statement,except I think 50% has long gone (already before the conflict they were ready for open air testing, probably to sell tickets to the biggest mushroom ever show). So they are fine to use nukes. Therefore I think that percentage is 98 at the moment and biggest stop is hidden internal resistance (sadly not revolution), which they work to fix at the moment (otherwise we would probably already had big beautiful glowing end for this war).
So, it is not if, it is when and I’m more interested the global (non usa) response for that, when it happens. As it is not Trump who decides what will follow, it is Xi (and Putin at some level). USA, however is a dead man walking. In global future, there is no place for it. In the best case there will soon be bunch of new banana republics in north america, in worst case, there is no future anywhere on earth (few living souls running short of supplies in space).