Pentagon to lease privately owned Trump Tower apartment for nuclear 'football'

Fri May 5, 2017 | 6:37pm EDT
By Mark Hosenball and Phil Stewart | WASHINGTON

The U.S. Defense Department is finalizing a lease on a privately owned apartment in New York's Trump Tower for the White House Military Office to use for supporting President Donald Trump without providing any benefit to Trump or his organization, according to a Pentagon letter seen by Reuters.

The Military Office carries and safeguards the "football," the device that contains the top secret launch codes the president needs to order a nuclear attack, as well as providing him secure communications wherever he is.

The White House, Secret Service, and Defense Department had no comment on whether similar arrangements have been made at other properties Trump frequents - Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida and the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where Trump is spending this weekend ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-trumptower-idUSKBN1812B5