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Trump asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBC
Matthew J. Belvedere | @Matt_Belvedere
3 Hours Ago

Donald Trump asked a foreign policy expert advising him why the U.S. can't use nuclear weapons, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said on the air Wednesday, citing an unnamed source who claimed he had spoken with the GOP presidential nominee.

"Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on the international level went to advise Donald Trump. And three times [Trump] asked about the use of nuclear weapons. Three times he asked at one point if we had them why can't we use them," Scarborough said on his "Morning Joe" program.

Scarborough made the Trump comments 52 seconds into an interview with former Director of Central Intelligence and ex-National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden.


Scarborough then asked a hypothetical question to Hayden about how quickly nuclear weapons could be deployed if a president were to give approval.

"It's scenario dependent, but the system is designed for speed and decisiveness. It's not designed to debate the decision," Hayden said.

Hayden was CIA director from 2006 to 2009 during the George W. Bush presidency. He was the National Security Agency director from 1999 to 2005, spanning the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

CNBC reached out to the Trump campaign via email and was awaiting a response.

Trump Allies Plot Candidate Intervention After Disastrous 48 Hours
by CHUCK TODD and HALLIE JACKSON

Key Republicans close to Donald Trump’s orbit are plotting an intervention with the candidate after a disastrous 48 hours led some influential voices in the party to question whether Trump can stay at the top of the Republican ticket without catastrophic consequences for his campaign and the GOP at large.

Republican National Committee head Reince Priebus, former Republican New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are among the Trump endorsers hoping to talk the real estate mogul into a dramatic reset of his campaign in the coming days, sources tell NBC News.

The group of GOP heavyweights hopes to enlist the help of Trump’s children – who compromise much of his innermost circle of influential advisers – to aid in the attempt to rescue his candidacy. Trump’s family is considered to have by far the most influence over the candidate’s thinking at what could be a make-or-break moment for his campaign.

seemslikeadream » Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:33 am wrote:I saw Michael Hayden this morning being asked the question....was there any safe guards in place concerning trump being able to launch a nuclear strike...he said no...president alone has the power to do it..no one can stop him

Wombaticus Rex » Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:27 am wrote:

seemslikeadream » Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:33 am wrote:I saw Michael Hayden this morning being asked the question....was there any safe guards in place concerning trump being able to launch a nuclear strike...he said no...president alone has the power to do it..no one can stop him

Hayden has said a lot of things over his career, and occasionally even spoken the truth.

I'm pretty dubious about the whole nuclear suitcase kabuki myth dance.

Luther Blissett » Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:03 am wrote:Ever since the Project for a New American Century, I've always thought of that whole crew as one of the major outer, public rings of power in the world, and I suppose little has changed in that perception. Would it be incorrect in saying that Clinton is the figurehead for most of them?

Wombaticus Rex » Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:27 am wrote:

seemslikeadream » Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:33 am wrote:I saw Michael Hayden this morning being asked the question....was there any safe guards in place concerning trump being able to launch a nuclear strike...he said no...president alone has the power to do it..no one can stop him

Hayden has said a lot of things over his career, and occasionally even spoken the truth.

I'm pretty dubious about the whole nuclear suitcase kabuki myth dance.

seemslikeadream » Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:18 am wrote:

Trump asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBC
Matthew J. Belvedere | @Matt_Belvedere
3 Hours Ago

Donald Trump asked a foreign policy expert advising him why the U.S. can't use nuclear weapons, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said on the air Wednesday, citing an unnamed source who claimed he had spoken with the GOP presidential nominee.

"Several months ago, a foreign policy expert on the international level went to advise Donald Trump. And three times [Trump] asked about the use of nuclear weapons. Three times he asked at one point if we had them why can't we use them," Scarborough said on his "Morning Joe" program.

Scarborough made the Trump comments 52 seconds into an interview with former Director of Central Intelligence and ex-National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden.


Scarborough then asked a hypothetical question to Hayden about how quickly nuclear weapons could be deployed if a president were to give approval.

"It's scenario dependent, but the system is designed for speed and decisiveness. It's not designed to debate the decision," Hayden said.

Hayden was CIA director from 2006 to 2009 during the George W. Bush presidency. He was the National Security Agency director from 1999 to 2005, spanning the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

CNBC reached out to the Trump campaign via email and was awaiting a response.

Trump Allies Plot Candidate Intervention After Disastrous 48 Hours
by CHUCK TODD and HALLIE JACKSON

Key Republicans close to Donald Trump’s orbit are plotting an intervention with the candidate after a disastrous 48 hours led some influential voices in the party to question whether Trump can stay at the top of the Republican ticket without catastrophic consequences for his campaign and the GOP at large.

Republican National Committee head Reince Priebus, former Republican New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are among the Trump endorsers hoping to talk the real estate mogul into a dramatic reset of his campaign in the coming days, sources tell NBC News.

The group of GOP heavyweights hopes to enlist the help of Trump’s children – who compromise much of his innermost circle of influential advisers – to aid in the attempt to rescue his candidacy. Trump’s family is considered to have by far the most influence over the candidate’s thinking at what could be a make-or-break moment for his campaign.

82_28 » Wed Aug 26, 2015 7:35 am wrote:I thought I would kick off a new trump thread as it does appear "this trump thing" is in fact serious and is here to stay.