Trump has the nuclear codes, whether Pelosi likes it or not

~ FmH

‘It’s understandable that his critics on the Hill — who were hunkered down in the belly of the Capitol while Trump’s supporters raided their offices Wednesday — would be tempted to snatch the president’s keys to the “red button.”

But the House speaker does not have the authority to try to keep the nuclear codes from Trump. Like it or not, the president of the United States has sole authority to launch a nuclear weapon.

Pelosi knows this full well — and that’s the point.

The move was political, a way to gin up support for the new Democratic push to impeach Trump over his incitement of the violence that occurred at the US Capitol on Wednesday. (The Washington insider newsletter Punchbowl reported Friday that some Republicans would be “sure to support the move” to impeach.)

Pelosi is a savvy political operator, and painting Trump as not just unhinged but an imminent threat to global security is certainly a way to heighten pressure on members of Congress to support impeachment….’

— via Vox

One thought on “Trump has the nuclear codes, whether Pelosi likes it or not”

  1. A real-time example of how you, Pelosi and the Media engaged in inverted communication in response to President Trump’speech on the ellipse. Pelosi is fossilized leadership akin to those dinosaurs present at the collapse of the Soviet Union. What’s your excuse?

    President Trump’s exact words from his speech on the Ellipse January 6th 2021 and his exhortation to the citizens gathered around him:

    “”We are going to walk down to the Capitol and we are going to cheer on our brave senators and Congress men and women and we’re not going to be choosing to cheer so much for some of them”.

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