Asked on Monday by reporters whether he would follow an order from Trump to launch a nuclear weapon against Iran, Stratcom chief Adm. Strategic Command, which oversees the American nuclear triad, are charged with transmitting orders for the use of those weapons and advise the president on a launch, Trump would not need the agreement of the military or Congress to strike. While officials such as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commander of U.S.
defense secretary, who would act together in making such a move. Neither Pelosi nor Milley is in the chain of command to make the decision over whether to employ nuclear weapons that authority rests with Trump and the U.S. What can the military and Congress do to stop the president from ordering a strike? To help answer the questions of what can (and can’t) be done to check the president’s power to order a nuclear strike, Foreign Policy took a look at how a possible decision might be reached. military official “answered her questions regarding the process of nuclear command authority,” but the spokesman did not offer any further details. “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,” Pelosi said in a statement that also charged Trump with “dangerous and seditious acts.”Ī spokesman for Milley said that Pelosi initiated the phone call and that the top U.S.
capital into a tailspin, but it wasn’t immediately clear how the Pentagon responded.
The statement, which came on the heels of Pelosi’s second conversation with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley in as many days, sent the already-crazed U.S. military to look into possible precautions to prevent the commander in chief from military action or ordering a nuclear strike. President Donald Trump after a mob stormed the Capitol building this week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi put out a stunning statement on Friday calling on the U.S.