Check Joe Biden’s popularity when this happens. It’s 3:30 am somewhere in a deep missile defense bunker in Utah.
Joe: What does this button do?
Staff member: It raises the flag.
Joe: And this other button, what does it do?
Staff member: It starts WWIII with nuclear missiles coming out of the ground.
Joe: So I can press the flag button now?
Staff member: Yup. Anytime you’re ready.
CLICK!
BEEP BEEP BEEP...(((alert))) (((alert))) (((warning))) (((warning))) (((missiles firing))) (((missiles firing)))
Fortunately, that’s not how the system executes orders.