> It surprises me that people are concerned about Putin pushing the button, but don't consider Trump pushing the button Great many people are concerned about t

> It surprises me that people are concerned about Putin pushing the button, but don't consider Trump pushing the button Great many people are concerned about that. There are similar concerns that some boastful and bellicose messaging from him might be misinterpreted by adversaries and that triggers a nuclear exchange. This is the plot of the speculative fiction novel titled "The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against The United States" by Dr Jeffrey Lewis for example. > I don't think that U.S. corruption is something to be ignored either. Thorrez's comment is correct. It appears that you mean "corruption" in a different sense than the one discussed. Corruption here is not about the politicians being up to no good, but in a more specific sense. For example if a significant percentage of the missiles don't launch because the grease which should have been used to lubricate the turbopumps have been sold on the black market. Or the metal body of valves was replaced with cheaper inferior kind which causes those valves to seize up. And of course the answer here is not binary. It is not that every missile will fail, or every missile will succeed. It is about the probabilities. Will 5%, 10% 45%, or 95% be a dud? Obviously the Russian state is trying to work hard to push that percentage down, while entropy and corruption is "working" to push it up.