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Originally Posted by MattyC
Maybe there's a little bit of solace in the remote possibility that there are some people that are sort of competent dealing with those things while the president tweets from the s***ter.
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I don't know. I find no solace in this.
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A December 2016 assessment by the Congressional Research Service stated that the president “does not need the concurrence of either his military advisors or the U.S. Congress to order the launch of nuclear weapons.” Additionally, the assessment said, “neither the military nor Congress can overrule these orders.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.af3cd2c53cbd