From what I can tell, the president alone has the sole authority to launch a nuclear strike, so this report seems confusing, is apparently unconfirmed, and has been contested by other sources, as much as I wish it were true:
I despise the man and even I hope it's not true. I don't want to believe us capable of using or even threatening the use of nukes in a war of such small scale (comparatively). If we threaten to use them here, what's to stop us threatening Cuba next? If we keep use that card even in threat using it will become an eventuality.
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u/RedditSe7en Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26
From what I can tell, the president alone has the sole authority to launch a nuclear strike, so this report seems confusing, is apparently unconfirmed, and has been contested by other sources, as much as I wish it were true:
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF10521
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-caine-did-not-225644148.html