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    Doyle McManus: Is there anything stopping Trump from launching a nuclear strike? Nope

    by Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times Nov 15, 2017 3 minutes

    Here, in a nutshell, are the laws and procedures that limit President Donald Trump's power to launch a nuclear strike against North Korea anytime he likes:

    There aren't any.

    If the president wakes up one morning, turns on Fox News and decides that Kim Jong Un has ignored his warnings of "fire and fury" - by announcing, for example, that he has built a nuclear warhead that can reach California - Trump can annihilate

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