Putting together a couple of thoughts here.
The reees over the madman Trump having access to the nuclear codes is deliberate. Everything Dems do is part of a plan. At first I was thinking this meant one of two things: a nuclear weapon will be detonated and blamed on Trump; or military brass will say that they stopped the madman from starting a nuclear war.
I wonder though. Maybe it's an EMP and that EMP takes out comms and is Red2