If I remember right there is still a voting system for the American's nuclear launch system.
The president can't launch without confirmation from another person that I believe had to have been appointed by Congress.
So for example under the two man rule, Trump would authorize the release of nuclear weapons and his secretary of defense has to verify the code. He can't veto it, but the launch order is suspended if the president's order isn't supported.
As well iirc the vice president in combination with congressional leadership can actually veto a presidential launch order.
So Pressident Comacho (love that term) just can't jam his finger on the firing switch and unleash hell.
I believe James Mattis is still the Secretary of Defense and I don't believe that he would back a nuclear launch order for no good reason.
No, not a voting process, but a "two-man-rule" is in effect.
Both the President and Secretary of Defense are required to authenticate the order to fire the missiles. The SecDef potentially has the ability to prevent the launch, but officially their role is to confirm the President's order, they do not have the authority to veto the order.
One would hope that - in a manufactured, or avoidable moment of crisis - Matis would pull a von Choltitz and refuse to authenticate the order.
No, not a voting process, but a "two-man-rule" is in effect.
Both the President and Secretary of Defense are required to authenticate the order to fire the missiles. The SecDef potentially has the ability to prevent the launch, but officially their role is to confirm the President's order, they do not have the authority to veto the order.
One would hope that - in a manufactured, or avoidable moment of crisis - Matis would pull a von Choltitz and refuse to authenticate the order.
Yeah, I chose poorly in terms of my voting, but if the Presidential order can't be confirmed then the missiles can't fly.
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Man, this isn't gonna end well at all. We know that man-baby Trump can't stand to lose a dick swinging contest, so he's probably gonna push the red button for sure now. Good job, America!
North Korea is "seriously examining a plan" to launch a missile strike targeting an area near the US territory of Guam in response to President Donald Trump's warning to Pyongyang that any additional threats will be met with "fire and fury," according to a new statement from Gen. Kim Rak Gyom published by state-run media KCNA.
The North Korean Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army is "seriously examining the plan for an enveloping strike at Guam through simultaneous fire of four Hwasong-12 intermediate-range strategic ballistic rockets in order to interdict the enemy forces on major military bases on Guam and to signal a crucial warning to the US," the statement said.
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North Korea's military will have a plan to send Hwasong 12 missiles toward Guam by "mid-August and report it to the commander-in-chief of the DPRK nuclear force and wait for his order," according to KCNA. Kim Jong Un is understood to be the commander-in-chief of the nuclear force.
Man, this isn't gonna end well at all. We know that man-baby Trump can't stand to lose a dick swinging contest, so he's probably gonna push the red button for sure now. Good job, America!
One thing's for sure, the threat or possibility of nuclear war is the ultimate distraction. I don't think I've heard a single news agency mention the Russia story today. No doubt Trump is absolutely loving this right now.
Remember when People said the first 100 days were a success because he hadn't nuked anyone yet and others complained that was a low bar.
Stuff starts popping off the first one hundread days are gonna look pretty good.....wait mabye this is all a ploy to make people forget about everything else.
Speaking of Twitter, should banning Trump from Twitter be considered in the interest of national security? I can't believe I just wrote that sentence, but yeah here we are.
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Speaking of Twitter, should banning Trump from Twitter be considered in the interest of national security? I can't believe I just wrote that sentence, but yeah here we are.
You want him to spend his bathroom time posting on reddit instead?
Trump's incoming 3 am Twitter tantrum tomorrow morning might just get us all killed. For the sake of national security, I hope someone hides his phone tonight. Just don't let him near a computer at all. At least until relatively sane adults like McMaster, Mattis, and John Kelly can get a handle on this crap and hopefully settle things down a bit. Wishful thinking, I know. But those three guys are arguably the only grown ups in the entire administration, and they really need to step in here.
