President Trump And The Nuclear Football

A White House military aide and member of the US Navy carries a briefcase known as the "football," containing emergency nuclear weapon codes (AFP Photo/SAUL LOEB)

AFP: Trump to take charge of nuclear 'football'

Washington (AFP) - It's a plain, bulging leather satchel, but inside it has the ominous power to unleash a nuclear armageddon.

And on Friday it falls into Donald Trump's control.

When he is sworn in as president, Trump inherits control of the "football," the briefcase that carries the procedures and communications equipment that allow the US leader to launch nuclear missiles.

The bag, aluminum-framed and weighing 45 pounds (20 kilograms) goes everywhere he goes, carried by a military aid.

Trump also gets, with the satchel, the "biscuit" -- a pocket-sized card with the codes the president needs to authenticate his command to launch a nuclear attack.

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WNU Editor: I suspect they have already shown him how it works.