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Posted by x (aka dmuck) Jan 19 '17, 06:53

"By the time he is sworn in tomorrow, Donald Trump will have undergone a haunting rite of passage: the classified briefing given to every incoming president that explains how he can order a nuclear attack.

While neither U.S. nor Trump officials would confirm the exact time or location of Trump’s briefing, several past presidents have been briefed on the nuclear codes at the historic Blair House, on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House, hours before their inauguration.

“It's a sobering moment. It defines the ultimate obligation that you might have,” said Andrew Card, who served as chief of staff to George W. Bush and was with Bush just before and after his first nuclear briefing in January 2001.

It is also likely a sobering for millions of the Americans who heard a series of Trump rivals warn last year that the New York mogul must never gain access to America’s massive nuclear arsenal.

"How can you trust him with the nuclear codes?" Obama said at one October rally. "You can't do it."

But America will do it on Friday. From the moment Donald Trump is inaugurated, he will be trailed everywhere he goes by a military aide carrying a 45-pound black satchel colloquially known as the nuclear “football.” Inside will be the codes, war plans and communication tools needed to start a nuclear war.

By then, national security officials will have instructed Trump on the chilling steps he would have to take to order a nuclear launch that could, in theory, kill hundreds of millions of people."

trump's nuclear wake-up call (www.politico.com)

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I just imagine him at the end of it saying "Can I push the button just to see what happens?" -- nm - pmb Jan 19, 07:28 3
- I am Trump -- nm - Beaker Jan 19, 07:29 1
  - OMG -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 07:44
- I am Groot? -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 07:29
He should write them down on a piece of paper, because footballs can be hacked. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 07:15 1
- Lies -- nm - Tom Brady Jan 19, 07:15
And good morning to you, sir! - David's iPad Jan 19, 07:07
when I read things like this I really resent people who voted for him. - Mel Profit Jan 19, 07:06 3
- *smh* -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 07:14 2
  - Like the lady in USA Today complaining that her vote for Trump was not a vote to defund Planned Parenthood, it pisses me off. - znufrii Jan 19, 07:20 1
    - Look at the ones who have said, I wanted them to do away with that horrible Obamacare, why are they voting down the ACA? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 19, 10:56
Yes, yes...but how come there's only 3 episodes of Sherlock in each season?! -- nm - Loyola Jan 19, 07:04
Ugh. Make it bullet points. -- nm - Trump, probably. Jan 19, 07:04
Ugh. -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 07:00
Why do you hate us? -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 07:00
this is chilling -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 07:00 10
- I never want to know what's in that briefing, but I have increasing doubts that their is zero check on the POTUS (any POTUS) starting a nuclear war -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 19, 07:07 9
  - Tom Clancy did it first -- nm - Beaker Jan 19, 07:17
  - article 2, section 2, clause 1.....nm - x Jan 19, 07:13 7
    - Having just watched Snowden, I don't think it matters. - David's iPad Jan 19, 07:35 5
      - there was a Russian Officer who saw incoming missiles sometime in the 80s. - Mel Profit Jan 19, 07:46
      - theyre not robots. they're soldiers....nm - x Jan 19, 07:39 3
        
        They're soldiers, not spineless jellyfish. - David Jan 19, 07:52 1
        
        doubtful....nm - x Jan 19, 07:58
        
        This. It's either follow orders or stage a military coup. Neither is a good outcome. -- nm - TWuG Jan 19, 07:45
    - Completely understand that. - ty97 Jan 19, 07:17
I go to Hooters every Friday, so I want the briefing there -- nm - Trump Jan 19, 06:57
I read this as...ultimate oblivion -- nm - Epiphany Jan 19, 06:57

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