"[R]espondents said if Trump is elected president there would be a 46 percent chance that Trump would authorize the use of a nuclear device against ISIS or another foreign enemy," a press release on the new SurveyMonkey poll on behalf of the Lincoln Leadership Initiative stated.
The release also noted that even Trump supporters think there is a 22 percent chance that as US president he would authorize use of a nuclear weapon.
The poll also considered other prospects of a Trump presidency.
Respondents said there is a 54 percent chance the US government would default on the national debt, a 44 percent chance Trump would establish internment camps for illegal immigrants, and a 53 percent chance he would order the nation’s military to target families of terrorists.
The Lincoln Leadership Initiative describes itself as “a group of former Republican elected officials and staffers,” the press release noted.
