When Trump, a twice impeached president, departed the White House on the morning of Biden's inauguration, he was followed by a military aide carrying the "nuclear football." Though his presidency was basically already over, Trump still had the authority to order a nuclear strike for a few more hours. The article pointed to the deadly Capitol riots Trump was impeached for inciting and noted that for two weeks after that incident, he maintained control of one of the world's largest nuclear arsenals.
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