--- title: Nuclear Launch Officer 'Scared To Death' By Donald Trump description: Hillary Clinton released a new ad which includes a former nuclear missile launch officer saying he's terrified of a Donald Trump presidency. canonical: https://time.com/4523386/hillary-clinton-ad-nuclear-launch-donald-trump/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-07T19:57:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:31.060Z article:section: Politics og:title: Former Nuclear Launch Officer 'Scared To Death' By Trump In New Clinton Ad og:description: "Self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing," former launch officer Bruce Blair said og:url: https://time.com/4523386/hillary-clinton-ad-nuclear-launch-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Former Nuclear Launch Officer 'Scared To Death' By Trump In New Clinton Ad twitter:description: "Self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing," former launch officer Bruce Blair said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Former Nuclear Launch Officer 'Scared To Death' By Donald Trump In New Hillary Clinton Ad > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 7, 2016 7:57 PM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 7, 2016 7:57 PM UTC Hillary Clinton’s campaign released a new ad which includes a former [nuclear](http://time.com/4437770/presidential-debate-donald-trump-nuclear-negotiator/) missile launch officer saying he’s terrified by the prospect of a [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4522768/donald-trump-undocumented-immigrants-let-in-so-they-can-go-and-vote/) presidency. “Self control may be all that keeps these missiles from firing,” former launch officer Bruce Blair said, before the ad cuts in with footage of Trump saying he wants to “bomb the sh\*t” out of people and “be unpredictable.” “The thought of Donald Trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death,” he continued. “It should scare everyone.” This isn’t the first time Clinton has painted Trump as potentially dangerous at the helm of the country. During a speech in June, [she said](http://time.com/4355791/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-temperament/?iid=sr-link1), “\[Trump\] is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility. 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