Senators Debate Wisdom of President’s Nuclear Authority

The shadow of President Donald Trump’s comments in August forewarning that the United States would meet any threat from North Korea with “fire and fury” loomed over a Senate hearing Tuesday on the sole authority of the president to launch America’s nuclear arsenal.

“We are concerned that the President of the United States is so unstable, is so volatile, has a decision making process that is so quixotic that he might order a nuclear weapons strike that is wildly out of step with U.S. national security interests,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) during the hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations committee.

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