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October 7, 2020

Two Presidential Valets Who Carry Nuclear Launch Codes Test Positive for Coronavirus
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Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports two of President Trump's military aides
tested positive. The aides act as valets who always travel with the
president, carrying nuclear launch codes in a briefcase known as the
"nuclear football." Trump took the football with him to Walter Reed
hospital over the weekend, where he was administered the steroid
dexamethasone, which has been linked to grandiose delusions and
psychosis in some patients. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists wrote
in response, "To state the obvious, we should not entrust nuclear launch
authority to someone who is not fully lucid."


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