At Politico magazine, Bruce Blair addresses the hypothetical du jour: What if Donald Trump’s finger were on the nuclear button? Though less freaked out by the prospect than some others, he does exhibit concern. But, in the course of the article, Blair poses this question: “Would the next president” – whoever it is – “exercise independent judgment in a crisis, or would he or she get swept into the whirlpool of groupthink?”
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