Report: Gen. Milley ‘Reviewed’ Lawful Nuclear Launch Procedures After Pelosi Told Him Trump Was ‘Crazy’

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, reviewed “lawful launch procedures” for nuclear weapons following a call with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), where Pelosi called then-President Donald Trump “crazy” and suggested Milley should look at what “precautions” were available in case Trump tried to launch a nuclear strike.

The call with Pelosi appears in Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s new book, “Peril,” about the waning days of the Trump administration. Pelosi and Milley are reported to have discussed whether there were “precautions are available to prevent an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or from accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike,” according to Business Insider.