In one of her first takedowns of Donald Trump after securing the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton asked voters to consider whether they wanted erratic and unpredictable Trump with his finger on the nuclear button.

It turns out there is no button. But the process to make such a deadly, powerful decision is devoid of checks and balances and leaves the decision to launch nuclear weapons to the president alone with no opportunity for second chances, experts said.

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