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Tim Russert grills him on the issues: Trump advocates a pre-emptive strike on North Korean nuclear facilities and declares nuclear proliferation his highest priority.
If you believe that the trust fund exists, then the transaction amounts to a $1 increase in both the trust fund and the national debt--sort of a pre-emptive bailout.
Instead, the U.S. should use its pinpoint conventional missiles to make both pre-emptive and retaliatory strikes against nuclear terrorists and rogue states.
If Greenspan raises rates, investors are assured by what they interpret as a wise, pre-emptive strike against inflation.
Nor do we feel the urgency of taking pre-emptive action."