US House Speaker Pelosi Tells Top General To Disobey President Trump If He Orders Military Strikes Including Preventing Him From Accessing Nuclear Launch Codes

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to reporters during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

Forbes: Pelosi Trying To Prevent Trump From Accessing Nuclear Codes 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday said Friday she spoke to Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about preventing President Donald Trump from accessing the nuclear codes amid reports that Trump has been in a diminished mental state since his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. 

KEY FACTS 

In a letter to her Democratic colleagues, Pelosi said she asked Milley about the “available precautions” for preventing a president from stoking military conflicts or accessing the nuclear launch codes and “ordering a nuclear strike.” 

Pelosi summed up her goal as “preventing an unhinged president from using the nuclear codes.”

“The situation of this unhinged President could not be more dangerous,” Pelosi said in the letter, vowing to “do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy.” 

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Update #1: Pelosi asks top general about halting Trump military strikes (AP) 

Update #2: Speaker Pelosi called military chief about 'unhinged' Trump's access to nuclear launch codes (NBC) 

Update #3: Pelosi calls Gen. Milley to block ‘unhinged’ Trump from using nuclear codes (NYPost)

 

WNU Editor: What the House Speaker is trying to do is very dangerous. And need I remind everyone that President Trump is the first President since 1941 who has not started a war or escalated one. 

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