2/18/2023 0 Comments Tweet donald trump red button![]() Vince Cable defends his plan to use the House of Lords to block Brexitīrexit and weak government make the UK ‘one of the biggest risks of 2018’ Story continues Most popular on Yahoo News UK He is encouraged not to repeat the mistake of predecessor Bill Clinton, who managed to lose the codes for several months, according to The Guardian. Presidents, is required to carry the biscuit at all times. The biscuit is a plastic card on which a number of codes are written, which are used to verify the identity of the President were he to call an attack. In the absence of a button, the President is armed with a ‘nuclear biscuit’ and a ‘nuclear football’. ![]() Instead, a system more complex than a single push of the thumb is required to unleash America’s nuclear cache – now 1,000 times the size of the arsenal that destroyed Hiroshimi and Nagasaki. If Trump’s statement is taken at face value than it is untrue for one simple reason: there is no nuclear button. It followed the North Korean’s dictator’s assertion that his country’s nuclear arsenal was ‘complete’ and that his nuclear button was always within reach.īut what exactly is the truth within the POTUS’s latest declaration? The big red button? ![]() The tweet was the latest shot in a ping-pong match of nuclear threats between the two world leaders, and one that saw Trump branded a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘madman’ by U.S. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings.
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