Nuclear football: good news, bad news

Context: "That petulant deranged psycho has the nuclear codes."

The good news is, his handlers won't let him near the nuclear football.

The bad news is, his handlers will decide when — and how — to use the nuclear football.

Hashtags: #NuclearFootball #FrontmanInChief

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• One should be enough

Categories

• Category:Films

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Essays by Karl Jones (nonfiction)

Categories

• Category:Essays by Karl Jones (nonfiction)
• Category:Nuclear war (nonfiction)

External links

• Nuclear warfare @ Wikipedia

Social media

• Post @ Twitter (19 October 2025)