(August 9, 2017 at 1:56 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(August 9, 2017 at 1:49 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote: I may be overly hopeful, but if it came to that I assume there is at least one goddamned adult in the administration who could beat a 71-year-old into a coma before he started WWIII.
I posted this elsewhere, but it is a good article for this thread:
Quote:Kelly Worked With Mattis to Make Sure a Grown-Up Was Always Near Trump
Continuing with the John Kelly theme, Newsweek reports some very interesting news about the new chief of staff. It would seem that, while he was serving as Secretary of Homeland Security, he and Secretary of Defense James Mattis coordinated their schedules, such that one or the other would always be near Donald Trump. That way, should the President ever be tempted to launch a military or nuclear strike, there would be an experienced, high-ranking military officer available to discuss it with him (and, ideally, to talk him out of it). Presumably the arrangement will continue, and will be even easier to execute, now that Kelly is in his new job.
On one level, this news is reassuring, as it means there will be an added layer of protection in between Trump's potentially-itchy trigger finger, and America's immense arsenal. On the other hand, it's also rather frightening that two men who know the President well concluded that such an arrangement was advisable. Clearly, concerns that The Donald could go off half-cocked are not just in our imaginations. (Z)
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2017/Se...tml#item-3
I certainly hope that's true. I have little doubt that Trump would impulsively launch a first strike. And once it's set in motion, that's it. Contrary to popular belief, probably perpetuated by movies and tv shows, one of his underlings or military staff doesn't have the power to cancel the "commander-in-chief's" nuclear strike.
-Teresa
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