Nuclear football will be handed over to Trump
This is from 2018. When Donald Trump had the responsibility of the most powerful position in the United States, that is, that of president. At that moment a war of words began between Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong, addressing the people of the country on the occasion of the New Year, said that on the table in his office there is a nuclear button and that all of America is under attack by our nuclear missiles.
Then Trump also responded to Kim Jong Un in his own style. He said I also have a nuclear button, which is bigger and more powerful than Kim’s button. The most important thing is that my button works too. So the nuclear button Trump was talking about actually doesn’t look like a button at all, but rather a black leather briefcase.
What is known as Nuclear Football. This bag looks simple but contains the complete blueprint of nuclear war. This means that the new President has the power to destroy the world. Since Trump will become the 47th president of the United States, this briefcase will be given to him again on the day of his inauguration. This has been a tradition in America for many decades.
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Let us know about this nuclear football, what happens in it, can the president of the United States order a nuclear missile to be launched in his own name without any threat?
What’s in the bag?
Inside this black leather briefcase are four devices containing plans for nuclear war. Contains codes for nuclear attacks. Who can order the president of the United States to use nuclear weapons in case of any emergency?
-In this bag there is a ‘black book’ in which the method of retaliating in case of a nuclear attack on the United States is written.
-There is another book that contains information on intelligence bases.
-The third is a folder that contains some documents related to information related to the Emergency Transmission System.
-The fourth is a card on which the authentication codes are written. It’s called a cookie. The President must always carry this card with him.
America’s nuclear football
Since in the United States the missile launching process begins from the Pentagon War Room. But for this the War Room needs the order of the President. And the President’s order is also considered when he gives his special identity to the missile launch officer and this identity is contained only in this cookie-shaped plastic card.
How did Nuclear Football get the name?
Initially the President used to have an emergency bag or black bag. In the late 1950s, US President Dwight Eisenhower and his advisors developed a plan to deal with the situation of a sudden nuclear attack on the United States.
After this, the president’s military advisors began carrying a bag of documents with which he could negotiate with the Pentagon regarding nuclear weapons and attacks. Eisenhower then handed the purse to his successor John F. Kennedy. In the early 60s it began to be known as football. Maybe because Kennedy’s family liked touch football.
Then an order can be given without any danger
If reports are to be believed, if the President orders a nuclear strike even without any threat, then in such a situation the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee may refuse to accept this order. But there is very little hope for this because the people who work under the president are trained to follow orders. Therefore, if a President orders a nuclear missile to be launched in his own name, it is difficult to stop it unilaterally.
One more thing, in case of any emergency, 4 black briefcases with nuclear codes have already been prepared in the United States. So that in any emergency a nuclear attack can be ordered. Control remains solely in the hands of the President. The responsibility of the second falls on the Vice President. The remaining two soccer balls are kept on hold.
For the first time, the bag was not handed over to the new president.
When Joe Biden was to be sworn in in January 2021, Donald Trump did not attend the ceremony. This announcement by Trump was said to break the country’s democratic tradition. Due to Trump’s absence, this was the first time in US history that a former president did not transfer the nuclear launch code to the new president.
In fact, Trump had already announced that he would not attend the ceremony. That day he left for Florida from the White House. Nuclear football also went with them to Florida. But the nuclear launch codes stored in it were dead, meaning they expired as soon as Biden was sworn in. Biden then received a second set of nuclear footballs and nuclear launch codes from the Capitol in Washington DC, which the commander in chief of the US military transferred to President Joe Biden.
