President of the United States House of Commons, Nancy Pelosi, announced on Friday that she has been speaking with military commanders in recent days to prevent the president, Donald Trump, from taking bellicose actions, including the use of nuclear weapons. of his mandate.
“This morning I spoke with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, and we discussed the precautions available to prevent an unstable president from launching military hostilities or accessing launch codes and the sequence of a nuclear strike,” Pelosi, D-California, explained in a memo.
“The situation of this volatile president couldn’t be more dangerous,” added the Speaker of the House of Representatives, saying that “everything possible should be done to protect Americans from this senseless attack on our country and our democracy.”
On Wednesday, instigated by President Trump with his allegations of electoral fraud, thousands of people marched to the Capitol, collided with police and occupied the building with a coup to prevent Congress from finalizing the vote ratification in the electoral college. that gave the victory to Democrat Joe Biden.
The United States’ system of deciding a nuclear weapon attack is more complicated than a “nuclear button” and requires the president to convince military commanders that he is indeed the president and that he has taken action.
The “nuclear codes” mentioned in movies and novels are not the ones that allow the launch of missiles, but rather those that give the president the authority to order the use of nuclear weapons.
Former Tennessee Republican Senator Bob Corker, who chaired the House of Lords Foreign Relations Committee between 2007 and 2019, said in an interview with MSNBC today that the established nuclear weapons use system requires the participation of civilian officials. and military officers with enough protocol to prevent the uncontrolled action of an erratic president.
Pelosi has not stated the outcome of her conversation with the military chief, while pressure in Congress is mounting to initiate a second impeachment against Trump if the cabinet does not declare him incapacitated or the president with a few days. going to resign. of his presidency.