More frightening than the idea of an impulsive Trump with sole access to the nuclear codes is the thought that it might actually be Steve Bannon with his finger on the button.

Given the president is apparently not even reading his executive orders carefully - including the one that placed Bannon on the National Security Council with full voting privileges - this is very worrisome.

There are two reasons that Bannon was put on the council. The first is that the Trump lacks the intelligence and nuance of thought to make sense of the issues being discussed and needs a stand-in. The second is that putting Bannon, the Minister of Propaganda, on the council was the quickest and easiest first step to making inroads into controlling the military, which is essential to a wanna-be fascist regime.