Trump is the real nuclear threat, and we can’t just fantasise him away | Jonathan Freedland

Anyone hoping that the deep state will depose an unhinged American president before all-out war with North Korea needs to think again

Among the many terrifying facts that have emerged in the last several days, perhaps the scariest relate to the nuclear button over which now hovers the finger of Donald Trump. It turns out that, of all the powers held by this or any other US president, the least checked or balanced is his authority over the world’s mightiest arsenal. He exercises this awesome, civilisation-ending power alone.

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