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Interesting fact of the day: There is absolutely no legal check on a presidents ability to launch a nuclear missile.
That means for 4 years trump literally could have launched one at any moment on a whim and there was absolutely nothing stopping him other than his own choice not to do so.
Honestly as scary as that sounds, and just as scary that Biden, a senile old coot, has the same access... it amazes me neither of these guys did just for the fuck of it. I guess thank god they have some sense of self preservation cause neither of these twits are holding back for our sake....
@freemo well for anyone else who's interested in this line of thought, I'd emphasize no *legal* check.
There are bureaucratic checks, folks in the chain of command who can put up speedbumps or be hassles to any command, whether it be "bring be coffee" or "launch a nuke".
It's not about legality at that point but about management of the sprawling executive branch of the US government.
At some point it might be easier to fulfill some legal requirement than to get cooperation out of some 18 year old service member five levels down a management bureaucracy..
