More irresponsible reporting
the report is based entirely on hearsay.
Retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson made the claim on the Judging Freedom podcast, stating he was relaying a secondhand account from an unnamed source about an emergency meeting.
He said: "One report coming out of that meeting... Trump wanted to use the nuclear codes and General Dan Caine said 'No'."
No official records, credible news outlets, or government sources have confirmed the meeting, the confrontation, or any attempt by Trump to use nuclear codes.
Fact-checkers and multiple news organizations note no evidence exists to support the claim, and no such emergency Pentagon meeting has been verified.
Johnson, who left the CIA in 1993, has been cited frequently by Russian state media, raising concerns about the reliability of his statements.
In short, the story rests on unverified, anonymous hearsay and has not been corroborated by any authoritative source.
