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That's the root of the problem, though. You're bringing up symptoms of the problem, not the root causes.

The problem isn't that he has a nuclear football installed in his summer dacha.

The problem is that the nuclear football exists, and that there exist two men that can, at a whim, end the world.

Okay, but pragmatism dictates that we don't get a do-over with the governing structure of the most powerful nation on earth. We can work to make it better, but that's a long and slow process, and in the meantime we need to get the various buttons and dials out of the hands of a literal crazy person.

I'll put it this way: I disagree with Mike Pence politically on virtually every issue. But it would still be a massive relief for me if he finished up Trump's presidential term.

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