Immortan Khan wrote:Conservative Republic Of Huang wrote:No they can't.
Oh yes they can. If POTUS wanted to, they could personally lead the army into battle and that's what Washington did during the Whiskey Rebellion.
POTUS has unilateral power to order nuclear strikes. It's not illegal for them to order them. The basis might be batshit insane, but they have the power to launch them unilaterally.
A nuclear first strike in times of peace violates international law so yes; it is illegal.