Washington, United States
The head of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi said Friday she spoke with a military chief to make sure President Donald Trump does not use nuclear codes, and has warned that Congress will act if the president does not resign voluntarily.
“This morning I spoke with the president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley“To analyze the precautions available to prevent an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing launch codes and ordering a nuclear attack,” the statement said in a statement. leader of the Democrats in Congress.
Read: Trump reappears on Twitter and announces he will not attend Biden’s investiture
“The situation with this unbalanced president could not be more dangerous,” he continued, promising that Congress will take “action” if Trump “does not leave office imminently and voluntarily.” The president is due to hand over power to Joe Biden on January 20th.
In another passage of the letter, the Democratic leader reiterated his willingness to remove Trump through a new political trial if Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet do not remove him using the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.
Besides: Lopez Obrador questions whether social media “censored” Trump