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If Trump wants nuclear war, virtually no one can stop him

  • Written by Dennis Jett, Professor of International Relations, Pennsylvania State University
imageAn anti-war protester wears a mask showing US President Donald Trump in Berlin, Germany.AP Photo/Michael Sohn

The general in charge of America’s nuclear arsenal, John Hyten, recently said he would resist carrying out an illegal order from the president to use those weapons.

His comments echoed the ones made a few days earlier by one of his...

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