Episode 1382 • • 2:33:24 - 2:38:40
1382: super-mutation
Doug McGregor Analysis, Military Chain of Command
Retired Colonel Doug McGregor explained that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs has no statutory authority over operational forces and cannot block a president's orders. McGregor argued that if Milley felt the president was unfit, his only legal recourse was to resign. The segment clarifies that the nuclear chain of command runs through the Secretary of Defense to Strategic Command, not through the Joint Chiefs.