CAN TRUMP PRESS THE NUCLEAR BUTTON?

Posted: January 7, 2021 in Donald Trump, USA
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There is finally a realization in the USA that Donald Trump is deranged. Even Twitter now doesn’t deem him fit to have an account. He has 13 days left as President and till then he has the nuclear codes to unleash apocalyptic nuclear war. This is a scary thought!

It is true that only he can order it but can he carry it out?

There is a huge sub-system leading down from him to carry out an order – but will they do it? The chain of command is made of sane people and they will need visibly objective and plausible conditions before they carry out any order.

This reminds me of a story told by friend. There was a Harvard Professor Richard Neustadt who told his students during a course – “American Presidency” in 1982. Neustadt had worked in the Truman and Johnson White Houses as a domestic policy aide related this telling story about the limits of presidential power.

This is a true story. One day Lyndon Johnson told his aides of a dream he had. He said that in it he called the NSA, Defence Secretary, Joint Chiefs and some others to the Oval Office and told them, “Gentlemen! I have had enough of them. Nuke the Russians.” Then he went quiet. So Neustadt prodded him and asked, “And then what happened Mr.President?” Johnson replied: “This is what worries me Dick. They all thumped my table in unison and said, “Fuck You Mr.President!”

So sleep well guys. It won’t happen.

Comments
  1. We can’t rule out a strike, not necessarily nuclear, on Iranian nuclear facilities.

    If Trump doesn’t do it, Biden is unlikely to shy away.

    Mini nuke weapons may be employed to take out the artificial islands built by China in international waters in the South China Sea.

    North Korea may be spared since it has halted belligerent rhetoric and polemics.

    Trump is not mentally deranged. He knows what he’s doing.

    Trump will get the credit if there’s a new American Revolution.

    The US Supreme Court, SCOTUS, must take public feelings into account and go into the merits of Applications on electoral integrity.

    A ruling by SCOTUS will result in the impeachment of Biden who has been showing increasing signs of senility. Even Pelosi wants to get rid of him.

    If SCOTUS does not hear Applications on electoral integrity, the people will next storm the US Supreme Court and lynch the judges.

    Democracy is not about voting once in four years and going home and sleeping. That’s just new forms of tribalism and feudalism.

    Democracy only works if the people participate.

    The people should make movements of every issue and lock up as many politicians as possible to keep the public from harm.

    There may be politicians who have to be referred by the court to the nearest hospital for an evaluation and institutionalised for life, again to keep the public from harm.

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