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… all Muslims, would send illegal immigrants home en masse on buses and trains, and would start a nuclear war — there have been real concerns.
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North Korea Mocks Japan for Rocket Test Reaction: ‘As if a Nuclear Bomb … the country’s leader and evoking its painful history of nuclear warfare.