The U.S. electorate has failed to provide for responsible stewardship of the weapons of mass destruction we have created. President-elect Trump has given us positive reasons to believe he might employ these weapons, which would necessarily result in many non-combatant casualties and profound and lasting harm to our shared environment. The last responsibility of the current administration to the American people is to ensure that a global atrocity is not committed in our name.
This responsibility is so grave, emergency unilateral disarmament of our nuclear arsenal might even be considered. But at least the sole authority of the President to authorize nuclear launch needs to be questioned. A simple procedural protection such as dual authorization might make our world safer for everyone.