US President has misplaced nuclear codes - contigency plans?

It’s a real nuisance if he loses the codes - he has to solve one of those captchas with the curly script, and respond to a text on his phone.

“Believe me, I know codes. When it comes to codes, nobody is better than I am. In fact, if you look back over the last 8 years, the codes have been horrible, just horrible. But I have a plan. And my plan for the codes is going to be the best plan ever. No one knows what to do with a coed better than me. I embrace the responsibility of dealing with coeds, both in a high level as well as low level. Believe me, you can trust me with all of the coeds that this country has to offer. Because I’m the best man for the job.”

…Anonymous

User Name: The Donald
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Well to the missiles for one thing. They won’t fire without the right code. This was supposedly implemented by JFK although apparently the military for a long time kept the code for the missiles as 8 zeros. They quickly changed that practice after someone published an article about the practice.
Also the president needs the sec def to agree in order to launch so he can’t just do it willey nilley.

Just as an aside, some alternate lyrics to “Let’s Dance”:

*Hey Baby, won’t you take a chance

Left my rubbers in my other pants*

Wow, a 1 in 10 quadrillion chance, and they picked all 0s. Amazing!

I’m pretty sure this isn’t true.

I think it’s a case of the President couldn’t get the order to launch through the chain of command if the top people dragged their feet.