A different kind of tweet

It would be a simple matter to restrict Donald Trump’s unilateral launch authority to situations where there is hard evidence that a nuclear attack on the United States is underway. Simple in legal and technical terms, that is. In political terms, very hard if not impossible.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s August tweet threatened to rain 'fire and fury like the world has never seen' on North Korea if Kim Jong-un threatened the United States again. Does he actually have the unilateral power to do that, and if so should it be taken away from him?

To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider.

Only $7.76 a week for an annual subscription.

Enjoy unlimited website access and the digital newspaper.

Cancel anytime.


Already a Subscriber?

MORE Opinion

RELATED STORIES