General who oversees U.S. nuclear arsenal says he would resist ‘illegal’ strike order by Trump

Air Force General John Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), told an audience at the Halifax International Security Forum that he had given a lot of thought to what he would say if he received such an order. He said running through scenarios of how to react in the event of an illegal order was standard practice, and added: “If you execute an unlawful order, you will go to jail. You could go to jail for the rest of your life