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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Trump ordered a nuclear strike, would there be a military coup to stop it?
Would the 25th amendment be invoked to declare Trump insane? His temper and nukes are my greatest fear of all.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...if it was purely offensive and unilateral, not in response to a nuclear attack on the U.S. or our allies.
Probably not a 'coup,' but an insurrection.
marybourg
(12,634 posts)will have told a hundred lies to convince his true believers that it's justified and necessary
hatrack
(59,592 posts)If the military gets the order, but disobeys, or if the Cabinet Secretary or other Senate-confirmed official fails to confirm, then it's pretty much all over anyway.
No way that a CIC could continue once the military or cabinet secretaries refuse his orders for military action.
still_one
(92,395 posts)him and replace him with someone who would agree.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis the opposite scenario was very real, some elements in the military wanted a first strike.
I really think the use of nuclear weapons should involve Congress, and not exclusively the President
pangaia
(24,324 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)It wouldn't be a coup d'etat. It would be the military following their oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution...from all enemies...foreign and DOMESTIC.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,857 posts)The Secretary of Defense is supposed to be a safeguard by confirming the codes, but that role will likely be filled by Trump's nominee, "Mad Dog" Mattis. The order from the President is supposed to be followed if the Secretary of Defense is unavailable too.
What a dangerous set-up!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_football
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Before it would be too late.
Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Dulcinea
(6,661 posts)librechik
(30,676 posts)cuz Russia just won its war against the US without firing a shot
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,857 posts)He brags about his petty vindictiveness, and he doesn't seem to remain loyal to anyone.
Trump's "old friend" and mentor, Roy Cohn?
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all
Cohn, who in the fifties assisted Senator Joseph McCarthy in his vicious crusade against Communism, was closeted. He felt abandoned by Trump when he became fatally ill from AIDS, and said, Donald pisses ice water. Schwartz says of Trump, Hed like people when they were helpful, and turn on them when they werent. It wasnt personal. Hes a transactional manit was all about what you could do for him.
librechik
(30,676 posts)the states that didn't vote for him.
Flatpicker
(894 posts)I don't believe that those in power would stop him.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)It cannot be refused.
nevergiveup
(4,764 posts)I takes only 6 minutes.....and it is done.