> Seems like the world had close to another moment like this with Milley/Li over the recent presidential transition in the US. No. There's no evidence there wa

> Seems like the world had close to another moment like this with Milley/Li over the recent presidential transition in the US. No. There's no evidence there was any escalation or confrontation with China. It's at most like the situation with Nixon in 1974, though there's no evidence that Trump ever thought of using them. [0] I do think the problem people tend to underestimate is that American control of nuclear weapons may in future be less stable due to political strife. That is doubtless a troubling idea for some of our potential adversaries. [0] https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/11/donald-trump-nuclear-weapons-richard-nixon-215478/ https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/11/donald-tr...