Minicast C7: Harold Hering asks, what if the president tries to launch nukes while out of his mind?

In 1973 a low-ranking US Air Force officer training to work in a Minuteman missile silo asks, "How do I know that the launch order I receive comes from a president who is sane?"

Good question, Harold Hering! The Air Force had no good answer, and Hering's career came to a screeching halt.

I take a deep dive into what exactly presidents can and can't do with nuclear weapons and why I, in a rare moment of optimism, ultimately believe an unbalanced Trump could not start firing off nukes in a fit of anger. 18 minutes on a topic I could talk about forever, but decided to do only the interesting parts.

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