Even if they didn't mean that, drunk or not, the US president has the sole authority, both legal and practical, to launch a nuclear strike. Respectfully, you m

Even if they didn't mean that, drunk or not, the US president has the sole authority, both legal and practical, to launch a nuclear strike. Respectfully, you might want to read something more current on the subject. The excellent book Command and Control [1] is a good place to start. The "protections" you appear to be alluding to presumably mean the "NCA"'s role in this. That's a term that has no official meaning since 2002 (and before that the president also had the sole authority to order nuclear strikes). 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_and_Control_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_and_Control_(book)