Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades View Post
True he can fire them, but he has to then go through the deputy Secretary of defense and get them to agree. Going by the fact that pretty much every politician in the US is at best wary of him I believe that the worst case scenario is that Trump ends up firing an uncooperative Secretary of Defense and in response the heads of the executive departments use the 25th amendment to declare him incapacitated.
He can keep firing people until he gets an answer he likes. We can hope that his cabinet would enact the 25th but lets be real here, he will fill his cabinet with yes-men.

I'm not sure what to make of this, did Cheyne not know about the two man system?
Im sure he knows, but he would know better than any of us that the two man system is a formality at best.

Like I said, concerning, hence why I'm hoping to god you "Checks and balances" guys can pull off this check, partially because I dont actually trust Hillary with the nuke either.
That is one hell of a wager. I trust Hillary a lot more because she has shown that she doesnt make rash decisions, whether or not you actually like those decisions.

Hopefully someone took him aside and explained nuclear strategy to him when he asked, and that they do it again both when the republicans have this intervention and if he's sworn in. And maybe once a month once in office.
If the report is true, he asked three times, which means that the first two times he didnt seem to comprehend the answer. Do you think that the GOP and his campaign managers havent pulled him aside telling him to stop tweeting stupid stuff multiple times? Again, its one a huge wager that hes going to comprehend this basic fact of nuclear strategy when in office. If not, the results are catastrophic.