Minutes to Midnight

Trump and Putin are both pathological narcissists who have threatened to use nuclear weapons in Europe if necessary, and as a symptom of narcissism is paranoia, they will be likely to take these threats very seriously. Until the 21st century, pathological narcissists have never had the power to engage in MAD, and now there are likely to be two. There is a far higher voter turnout among Republicans than Democrats, and this will be especially true when both candidates are very unpopular, as conservatives are more likely to rely on the tradition of voting than reject it altogether as progressives often do.