Google Searches For 'World War 3' And 'Trump War' Hit All Time High

More people are using Google to look up the phrase World War 3 than ever before, according to data released by the online giant.Searches for the terms Trump War and Nuclear War have also soared during the last few weeks as global concern appears to rise over Syria, North Korea and Afghanistan.Google began tracking enquiries on its search engine in 2004. The graph below demonstrates how the above mentioned phrases have fared since then:Its a similar story with terms such as Syria World War 3, Going To War and Russia US War.The escalation in war-related searches comes just weeks after President Donald Trumptook office, and follows several developments in American foreign policy.On April 6, the U.S. launched 59 missiles toward a Syrian airfield in response to a chemical attack allegedly carried out by Syrian President Bashar Assads regime. Two days later, a Navy strike group moved toward the Korean peninsula, reportedly over concerns over North Koreas weapons program.Then, on Thursday, Trump also ordered the dropping of Americas biggest non-nuclear bomb (dubbed the mother of all bombs) in Afghanistan to combat the self-styled Islamic State terror network.type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related Coverage + articlesList=58eb3648e4b06f8c18beed9b,58e87eabe4b00de14103c497,58ed0724e4b0ca64d919ab6c,58ef9e2ae4b04cae050dc545 -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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