How ‘apocalypse’ became a secular as well as religious idea

Many American Christians today feel that the day of God's judgment is just around the corner. In a December 2022 Pew Research Center Survey, 39% of those polled believed they were "living in the end times," while 10% said that Jesus will "definitely" or "probably" return in their lifetime. 

Yet for some believers, the Christian apocalypse is not viewed entirely negatively. Rather, it is a moment that will elevate the righteous and cleanse the world of sinners.

https://theconversation.com/how-apocalypse-became-a-secular-as-well-as-religious-idea-226882

Putin warns West risks nuclear war with Russia if its troops enter Ukraine war : NPR

"They must realize that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory," Putin said, in apparent reference to increasingly lethal Western weapons provided to Kyiv. "What they are now suggesting and scaring the world with — all that raises the real threat of a nuclear conflict that will mean the destruction of our civilization."…

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234943055/russia-putin-threatens-nuclear-war

MORE Trump THREATS AGAINST AMERICA Exposed in Shocking Details

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXWOldtwnWY

Pat Robertson slams Biden for not threatening to launch nukes against Russia - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism

…But former "700 Club" televangelist Pat Robertson — who has previously stated he believes the end of the world is necessary to fulfill the word of Jesus — took the exact opposite attitude on Wednesday, and criticized Biden for not being willing to launch nuclear weapons against Russia…https://www.rawstory.com/pat-robertson-2656972960/

Putin’s Nuclear Threat Sets the West on Edge | WIRED

By promising a response "never seen" in history if other countries interfere in Ukraine, the Russian leader upended decades of relative stability...

https://www.wired.com/story/putin-nuclear-threat-ukraine-sanctions-history/

Opinion | Milley’s revelation about Trump leaves us with five questions - The Washington Post

We already knew the disgraced former president was suffering from the delusion that he won the 2020 election. We knew he tried to twist arms to overthrow the election. And we knew he refused for hours to call off the insurrectionists whom he inspired to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6. What we did not know is how irresponsible so many other Republicans were and continue to be in tolerating and enabling him...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/15/milley-revelation-leaves-us-with-five-questions/

McConnell Told Biden Not to Call Trump After Election, Worried About Reaction: Book

… The nation's top general, Mark Milley, was "certain that Trump had gone into a serious mental decline in the aftermath of the election," the book said. Woodward and Costa wrote that Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, contacted his Chinese counterpart twice during Trump's final months to assure him the US would not launch an attack on China. 

There were also concerns that Trump would launch a strike against Iran on his way out of office amid heightened tensions over the US adversary's nuclear program, which has been detailed in numerous reports…

https://www.businessinsider.com/mcconnell-told-biden-not-to-call-trump-after-election-2021-9

Video of Clinton on Iran Taken Out of Context - FactCheck.org

An out-of-context clip from a 2008 interview with then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is circulating on Facebook. It shows her saying the U.S. “will attack Iran” if she becomes president. But she was responding to a question about a hypothetical nuclear attack by Iran on Israel. ....
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/01/video-of-clinton-on-iran-taken-out-of-context/

Trump just reimagined how the US will fight nuclear wars — but it's a losing battle with Russia - Business Insider

President Donald Trump's administration released a review of US missile defenses on Thursday that totally reimagined how the US will fight nuclear wars. Unlike past missile defenses that have only tried to protect the US from limited strikes by North Korea or Iran, Trump now looks to confront Russia and allow the US to stop any missile attack. ....
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-missile-defense-review-rethinks-nuclear-war-cant-stop-russia-2019-1

Fox News urges war with North Korea

Fox News, where Donald Trump gets his information and ideas, is regularly pushing for the United States to "eliminate North Korea," to "hit them first and hit them hard."....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exvydWdLc-8&feature=youtu.be

Democrats perturbed by Trump's threat of pre-emptive North Korea strike -- the guardian

Critics say Trump does not understand the consequences of military strike Trump repeats warnings and points out array of US military hardware nearby Democrats in Congress say they are concerned that Donald Trump does not understand the consequences of a pre-emptive strike on North Korea and believes there is a military solution to the nuclear standoff. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/08/democrats-congress-trump-north-korea-strike

Biggest Threats to U.S. Are Nuclear War With Russia, Biological Attack and Climate Change, Former Spy Chief Says -- Newsweek

"The thing that scares me the most in the long term is the state of our politics here and...it's gotten worse," Michael Morell said. ....
http://www.newsweek.com/biggest-threats-us-nuclear-war-russia-biological-climate-change-694938

Ohio congressman says he's okay with Trump provoking nuclear war because his voters like it -- ThinkProgress.org

Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH) appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Monday to complain that Washington doesn't work because it is too political. Moments into the interview, he proved his own hypothesis. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/ohio-congressman-trump-political-voters-8c0893122b41/

Donald Trump Is A Threat to Survival of Life on Earth: If Nuclear War Doesn't Get Us, Falling Oxygen Levels Will - Newsweek

The terrifying math of climate change shows us that in order to stay within the 2-degree safety limit, the majority of the world's existing fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the ground.....
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-threatens-survival-life-earth-climate-change-670144

The World is a Mess, and U.S. Leaders Scapegoat the Rest of the World:

From Bush criminal response to 9-11 to Trump putting nuclear war on the front burner, the U.S. is steering the world to disaster.....
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/world-mess-and-us-leaders-scapegoat-rest-world-it-hard-escape-who-really