Not saying the President himself would be nuked, but that killing the President is the first move in at least one first-strike scenario. As part of deterring a

Not saying the President himself would be nuked, but that killing the President is the first move in at least one first-strike scenario. As part of deterring a first-strike, the Secret Service has to show that the President cannot be killed even by a substantial and sophisticated ambush. It has to be ready for weapons like these Javelin missiles that killing tanks in Russia.