The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States: A Speculative Novel
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Francis had chosen not to include Sullivan. Trump seemed to dislike Sullivan, possibly because he associated him with Tillerson. The president still resented press reports that Tillerson had called Trump a “fucking moron.” More often than not, however, Trump simply pretended not to know who Sullivan was at all.
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Lo que más llama la atención: los problemas causados por l ineptitud de Trump
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Francis recalled being surprised that he got as far as he did before Trump started fidgeting and then talking over him. According to Francis, the president was agitated and appeared to still be working through some of the frustration he had expressed during his tirades against Sullivan and Robbins.
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See, a man child will lead us to war
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Any mention of China,” one aide explained, “and BOOM! You were off on a journey to God knows where. Some old Steve Bannon conspiracy theory, usually.”)
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For millions of people in South Korea and Japan, dawn broke early on Sunday, March 22. More than thirty-one North Korean nuclear weapons, lifted into space on ballistic missiles, now fell silently back to earth through the night sky before suddenly igniting the day—first with flashes, each brighter than a thousand suns, and then with spontaneous fires that in some cases grew into firestorms. These conflagrations swept through the cities and towns of South Korea and Japan, burning brightly enough to keep the darkness at bay for days.
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Que maldito horror.
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The president, aides recalled, was becoming confused and disoriented. He wanted to know what was happening. Eventually, Francis realized that it would be better if Kellogg stood outside the shelter door, maintaining contact with the command center in Colorado Springs and with the Pentagon, while Francis focused on managing the president’s growing anger.
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Como viejito en delirium
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With the widespread destruction and collapse of infrastructure, millions of people began to simply walk out of the destruction zone. Over the course of the afternoon and well into the night, millions of people walked along expressways and over bridges to escape the misery and suffering within the cities. While many eventually made it home after walking ten or even twenty miles, many tens of thousands did not, falling along the way; the escape routes were littered with the bodies of men, women, and children.
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