The most chilling concern about Donald Trump is the worldwide
fear that he puts our very survival at risk. This is not loose talk or
partisanship. It was recently expressed by the most thoughtful experts
who monitor the risks to our survival: The Science and Security Board of
the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who are the keepers of the
Doomsday Clock. These experts have just told the world it is “Two and a
half minutes to midnight,” where midnight signifies the end of
civilization. This is the closest to doom since 1953, when both the
United States and Russia first possessed thermonuclear weapons capable
of destroying the world.
Let’s not panic. Instead, let’s think,
plan, and act. As President John F. Kennedy famously declared, “Our
problems are manmade — therefore, they can be solved by man.” The
problem of Donald Trump can be solved too, by the institutions of
American democracy and the international rule of law.http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/02/12/trump-and-doomsday-clock/1NQ1aEAzxTePCTrQbSSkUN/story.html?s_campaign=8315
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