The so called "nuclear football" is carried by a military aide to the President of the United States at all times and contains the equipment the president would use to authenticate orders for launching a nuclear strike.
Here's what will happen during the change of command on inauguration day.
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How Trump will hand off the 'nuclear football' to Biden - CNNPolitics
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Anonymous said...CNN article - "The reason is explicitly laid out in the Constitution, which gives Trump complete authority over the US nuclear arsenal up to the very second Biden is sworn in at noon on Wednesday."
Me - ??? Having read the Constitution more than once I have NEVER seen any reference to a nuclear arsenal, explicit or otherwise. Oh, well, it's CNN.
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The subject of our nuclear arsenal and our U.S. Constitution is touched upon in an article from a number of years ago in Harvard Magazine. The article, titled "Nuclear Weapons or Democracy," can be viewed at the link below.
Nuclear weapons are incompatible with the U.S. constitution and democracy | Harvard Magazine
CNN article - "The reason is explicitly laid out in the Constitution, which gives Trump complete authority over the US nuclear arsenal up to the very second Biden is sworn in at noon on Wednesday."
ReplyDeleteMe - ??? Having read the Constitution more than once I have NEVER seen any reference to a nuclear arsenal, explicit or otherwise. Oh, well, it's CNN.