Does Donald Trump have the nuclear codes and could the US President start a nuclear war with North Korea?

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Getty Images Trump has one of the world's biggest nuclear arsenals at his disposalCould President Trump start a nuclear war? Getty Images The President believes South Korea should be allowed to acquire nuclear armsWhat has Trump said about nuclear war? When asked to clarify if he meant nuclear weapons, Trump responded: "Including with nukes, yes, including with nukes." As tensions escalated over the summer with North Korea and Kim Jong-un, Trump famously warned he would retaliate with "fire and fury" if North Korea continued to threaten the US. In October 2017, Trump sent nuclear bombers to fly towards North Korea in a dramatic show of force.

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump in 2020? It could happen.

My latest scenario, derided by Democratic and Republican sources alike, imagines a 2020 Democratic presidential run by … Joe Biden. And he'd have to be running against President Donald Trump. Most of my expert friends dismiss the viability of a Biden run, but Biden doesn't. My insider friends who think it's a crazy idea, including a couple of Republicans who said they'd vote for Biden over Trump, are probably right. What's a better antidote to the poison of Trumpism than the buoyant maturity of Joe Biden?

Joe Biden always believed he could beat Donald Trump – he might now be trying to prove it

referring to The last two seats available in Miami are on offer for at least $200 and somebody is demanding $224 to hear the 74-year-old Biden speak at the Benaroya Hall in Seattle. If Mick Jagger can still pack them in at 74, why shouldn't Joe Biden? Ostensibly this is a promotional tour for Biden's memoirs in which he claims he could have not only beaten Hillary Clinton but Donald Trump as well. Biden toyed with running but with emotions raw after the death of his son Beau from cancer, he sat the election out despite pressure from some in the party to run. Donna Brazile, who took over as...