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Could Donald Trump launch a nuclear strike before leaving office? He could, and no one could stop him, writes Vermont journalist Garrett Graff this week in Wired. Looking ahead, Donald Trump’s post-presidency “would almost certainly be unlike anything America — or the world — has ever experienced,” Graff argues. For months, Graff has been interviewing national experts and gaming out scenarios about what Trump might do in the 60 days before Joe Biden’s inauguration, and what he could do afterward. It is an unsettling picture, ranging from the potential to wage war to destroying records and going on a “pardon-palooza.”
Graff is a contributing editor at Wired and the former editor of Politico. His bestselling book, Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government’s Secret Plan to Save Itself — While the Rest of Us Die, is now a series on VICE TV that debuted this week.
