François Heisbourg: "Legally, Trump has the material and legal capacity to start nuclear fire"

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By: Florent Guignard

7 min

One more sign of the democratic chaos that accompanies the presidential transition in the United States.

After the attack on Capitol Hill, where Congress sits, by supporters of Donald Trump, the leader of the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives called on the Chief of the Defense Staff to ensure that Donald Trump cannot resort to nuclear weapons.

François Heisbourg, president of the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London, and special advisor to the Foundation for Strategic Research in Paris, he answers questions from Florent Guignard.

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