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One thing that we all can agree on, is that we all want a better life. Everyone deserves good schools, reliable public transportation, accessible and affordable housing, and affordable health care — it’s why I got into government in the first place, to fight for that kind of change.
But, while most of us are worried about our daily lives, taking care of our kids and putting food on the table, President Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric and irrational behavior (on nearly every topic under the sun) has me worried about all of our survival.
Why? Well, right now, there is nothing to stop President Trump from launching a nuclear weapon if he gets it in his head to do so. He has the sole and unchecked authority to kill millions of people within minutes.
That’s not just dangerous, it’s undemocratic and unconstitutional.
The framers of the Constitution put the power to launch a war explicitly in the hands of the legislature because they understood, as James Madison put it, “the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone to it.” They further understood that because it is the everyday citizens who pay the greatest cost of any war, these same citizens should have input into the decision to go to war, with open debate.
That’s why I’m happy to hear that Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, who says that Trump is putting us “on the path to World War III,” is holding a “long overdue” hearing to investigate the president’s authority to use nuclear weapons.
Research has shown that, back in the mid-1970s, while meeting privately with members of Congress at the height of the Watergate hearings, President Nixon bragged that, “I could leave this room and in 25 minutes 70 million people would be dead.” At the time, Nixon was drinking heavily, and aides saw what they feared was a growing emotional instability.
Therefore, the then-new secretary of defense, James R. Schlesinger, instructed the military to divert any emergency orders — especially one involving nuclear weapons — to him or the secretary of state, Henry A. Kissinger. However, they did not actually have a clear legal authority to make this order, and, in reality, this move on his part was outside the normal legal order and could be considered mutinous.
We just saw a discussion of this on PBS. The president does not have unilateral power. If the military disagrees with his wish to "push the button" they can refuse to act. There are other safeguards.
more stupidity and hate of trump. trump can only authorize the launch of nuclear weapons, not order them per say. and dont forget that is a huge apparatus that he would need to go through to order the actual launch of these weapons. s its not like trump can push a button and the weapons fly, its much more complicated than that.
and dont forget that trump did not initiate talk of using nuclear weapons, north korea did.
i am sorry that all you trump haters out there have your panties in a wad over the fact that he is president, but your "fears" of a nuclear war is on the horizon is rubbish. and i realize that you are trying to ruin trump in any way you can, but your hysteria is getting really tiresome and stupid.
Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump, two mad men with nuclear weapons, anything can happen!
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