For his article, Osnos interviewed Bruce Blair, a research scholar at the Program on Science and Global Security, at Princeton:<\/p>\n

[Blair] told me that if Trump were an officer in the Air Force, with any connection to nuclear weapons, he would need to pass the Personnel Reliability Program, which includes thirty-seven questions about financial history, emotional volatility, and physical health. (Question No. 28: Do you often lose your temper?)<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt in my mind that Trump would never pass muster,\u201d Blair, who was a ballistic-missile launch-control officer in the Army, told me. \u201cAny of us that had our hands anywhere near nuclear weapons had to pass the system. If you were having any arguments, or were in financial trouble, that was a problem. For all we know, Trump is on the brink of that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But here’s the kicker:\u00a0 The President is exempt from the PRP. He has already threatened North Korea, and he has the ultimate deciding vote on when to launch. Be afraid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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