Democrats introduce a bill to prevent Donald Trump from launching a nuclear war
Senator Ed Markey and Rep. Ted Lieu introduced legislation intended to prevent President Donald Trump from using nuclear weapons in a first-strike scenario without the explicit approval of Congress on Tuesday.
The legislation is titled the "Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017." The two legislators issued a press statement on the bill co-signed by William Perry, who served as secretary of defense in former President Bill Clinton's administration.
It's not idle speculation Trump might not quite know how to handle the U.S. nuclear arsenal. Throughout the campaign season, Trump appeared not to grasp basic aspects of nuclear policy like the nuclear triad, the U.S. doctrine of maintaining nuclear weapons on land, sea and air. He's repeatedly suggested U.S. forces could use nuclear weapons in the field — despite the fact doing so could both kill millions and trigger retaliatory strikes that kill even more — and thinks the military should be "unpredictable" with nuclear weapons, a tactic that if adopted would undermine the doctrine of mutually assured destruction.
https://m.mic.com/articles/166562/d...trump-from-launching-a-nuclear-war#.XT7lLzaWv
Senator Ed Markey and Rep. Ted Lieu introduced legislation intended to prevent President Donald Trump from using nuclear weapons in a first-strike scenario without the explicit approval of Congress on Tuesday.
The legislation is titled the "Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017." The two legislators issued a press statement on the bill co-signed by William Perry, who served as secretary of defense in former President Bill Clinton's administration.
It's not idle speculation Trump might not quite know how to handle the U.S. nuclear arsenal. Throughout the campaign season, Trump appeared not to grasp basic aspects of nuclear policy like the nuclear triad, the U.S. doctrine of maintaining nuclear weapons on land, sea and air. He's repeatedly suggested U.S. forces could use nuclear weapons in the field — despite the fact doing so could both kill millions and trigger retaliatory strikes that kill even more — and thinks the military should be "unpredictable" with nuclear weapons, a tactic that if adopted would undermine the doctrine of mutually assured destruction.
https://m.mic.com/articles/166562/d...trump-from-launching-a-nuclear-war#.XT7lLzaWv
