Donald Trump is still not the president but he’s certainly acting as if he were\u00a0\u2013 although his actions are far from presidential. Late Monday afternoon Trump tried to provoke two powerful foreign countries over nuclear weapons, just ten days after calling for a nuclear arms race with Russia.
His first nuclear tweet was almost a dare to the highly volatile North Korea (DPRK):
His second was to China, a nuclear power:
Independent journalist Leah McElrath who has written about Trump for Salon made the observation:
Also on Twitter, many are sounding the alarm:
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