Pelosi confers with top general on preventing 'unhinged' Trump from launching nuclear strike
By Rebecca Kheel - 01/08/21 12:30 PM EST
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spoke with the nation’s top general about options for preventing President Trump from launching a nuclear weapon during his final days in office, she said Friday.
In a letter to colleagues reflecting on the week when pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol, Pelosi outlined a call with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley that she described as aimed at “preventing an unhinged president from using the nuclear codes.â€
“This morning, I spoke to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike,†she wrote. “The situation of this unhinged president could not be more dangerous, and we must do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy.â€
Pelosi’s letter gave no indication on what Milley’s response or advice was.
Milley's spokesperson, Col. Dave Butler, said in a brief statement that Pelosi initiated the call and that the general "answered her questions regarding the process of nuclear command authority.â€
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