Pelosi asks Joint Chiefs about preventing Trump from launching nukes

Source: Politico | January 8, 2021 | Connor O’Brien

The president is ‘unhinged’ and the nation must be protected from him, she wrote in a letter to colleagues.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke with the nation’s top military officer on Friday about precautions in place to prevent President Donald Trump from ordering a nuclear strike or conducting other military hostilities as Democrats seek his removal from office.

The stunning revelation came in a letter from the speaker to House Democrats outlining next steps following a violent breach of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday by Trump supporters. Pelosi said she spoke to Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley about guardrails in place that could prevent “an unstable president” from wielding the military or the country’s nuclear arsenal.

“This morning, I spoke to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike,” Pelosi said in the letter.

“The situation of this unhinged President could not be more dangerous, and we must do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy,” she added.

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Trump’s removal by the 25th Amendment is a long shot, with two Cabinet secretaries tendering their resignations following the violence at the Capitol. Democrats are instead readying to act to impeach Trump next week.

In her letter, Pelosi said she and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had reached out to Pence with no response, adding that they “still hope to hear from him as soon as possible with a positive answer as to whether he and the Cabinet will honor their oath to the Constitution.”

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  • Consistent January 8, 2021 at 12:37 pm #46174

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    EVERYDAY January 8, 2021 at 7:36 pm #46211

    I think we should remove the title of Commander-in-Chief for all future presidents. It was fine back in the day when we had men with military experience who were honorable and would not abuse the title. But in recent years some of our presidents have not served. Still, that was ok because these men took the wise counsel of our military’s leaders. Trump, however, has demonstrated a disdain for advice from the top brass and now with his madness worsening, there is still a real danger he could order a nuclear strike or some other dangerous, hostile action.

    If we can’t remove the Commander-in-Chief title, then we definitely need safeguards in place to prevent another madman from attacking another country without good reason other than his butt hurt because he lost re-election. These procedures currently in place just do not cut it.

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