U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to all Democratic lawmakers Friday (8), saying she had a phone call with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff John Milley, expressing concern that President Trump could order a nuclear attack, and discussing possible precautions to prevent a “mentally disturbed president” from obtaining the launch codes to launch a nuclear attack. The message said Pelosi declared to party members that Milley assured her that measures were being taken to prevent Trump from ordering a nuclear attack.
In the letter, Pelosi mentioned the events of the past week, one of which was “preventing a mentally disturbed president from using the nuclear codes”, revealing that they had a phone call with Milley on Friday morning to discuss measures to prevent the president from “initiating an act of war or obtaining the nuclear launch codes and ordering a nuclear attack” in an unstable situation. The country and democracy.
On the other hand, Pelosi said in the letter, the day before with Senate Democratic Leader Schumer called Vice President Pence, hoping that he will soon provide a clear answer on whether the Cabinet will fulfill its oath to the Constitution and the people, and start the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove Trump from office. She also called on Republican lawmakers to force Trump to resign immediately, using former President Nixon as an example, and warned that if Trump refused to do so, Congress would begin impeachment proceedings.
Pelosi’s attempts to prevent Trump from obtaining the nuclear weapons codes have caused great concern. A spokesman for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that it was Pelosi who called Milley to discuss the matter, and the latter answered questions about the nuclear weapons command authority process. Many reformist members of Congress have been pushing to limit the president’s authority to launch nuclear attacks, including the need to obtain prior consent from other officials and to make “no first use of nuclear weapons” an official U.S. nuclear policy.
According to the U.S. Constitution, the president, as commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, is the only person authorized to use nuclear weapons, and does not need to obtain the consent of military advisers or Congress to launch a nuclear attack, nor can the military or Congress override the decision. Some U.S. media questioned Pelosi’s handling of the situation, saying it not only caused public fear, but also made Trump concerned about his power over the use of nuclear weapons, but also put the Defense Department in a difficult position. The White House and the Department of Defense have not yet responded to the incident.
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Hayden said in a military forum in 2017 that the military would not obey an illegal nuclear attack order, and if this happens, the military will show the president that the order is not legal, and then propose legal options. But former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell disagreed, discussing the matter before Trump’s term comes to an end.
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