@FisherTX14 Everyone involved may be quite brilliant and well educated, but understanding nuclear physics and climate change does not convey any ability to distinguish between three minutes to Armageddon and 15 seconds to Armageddon. It’s a silly prop that conveys no information other than that things are bad and have been since the 1950s.

@SETIEric No, a perfectly healthy autocrat was in control of the USSR and was installing nuclear missiles 90 miles from Florida and both sides were sending naval fleets to the area.

But while we're at it, can Pence view classified documents alone, or does his wife need to be in the room at the same time?