U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Turning Point USA event at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., April 17, 2026
While concerns about the temperament of President Donald Trump are nothing new, since threatening to destroy the “whole civilization” of Iran in early April, the world has become sharply worried about the man at the head of the world’s most deadly military. Now rumors are emerging that he expressed the desire to use the nuclear codes at an emergency meeting on Saturday night, and according to former CIA analyst Larry Johnson, “There is something seriously wrong’ with Trump.
Appearing on the podcast of Judge Andrew Napolitano, Johnson was discussing a range of issues relating to the president’s behavior when he brought up the nuclear issue.
“One report coming out of the White House is that Trump wanted to use the nuclear codes,” said Johnson. “General Dan Caine stood up and said no. He invoked his privilege as the head of the military. It was apparently quite a blow-up. There are pictures of Caine coming out of that meeting with his head down to the ground.”
From there Napolitano turned the discussion to another piece of news from over the weekend: the president’s assertion that the U.S. would be working with Iran to excavate uranium buried beneath nuclear test sites buried by American and Israeli strikes.
"We're going to get it together,” Trump claimed. “We're going to go in with Iran, at a nice leisurely pace, and go down and start excavating with big machinery... We'll bring it back to the United States.”
Iran flatly denied this.
"Iran's enriched uranium is not going to be transferred anywhere,” said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei. “Transferring uranium to the United States has not been an option for us.”
While discussing Trump’s assertion, Napolitano had a blunt question: “Has he lost his mind?”
“The short answer is yes,” said Johnson. “There is something seriously wrong with him.”
Johnson went on to explain that Trump’s numerous statements suggesting Iranian capitulation were nothing but an attempt to manipulate stock prices. Over the course of the war, stock traders have raked in over $1 billion through suspiciously timed trades, raising widespread accusations of insider trading. According to Johnson and other experts, Trump’s messaging has been entirely about the market rather than the facts of the war.
“None of it was true,” said Johnson. “You can’t trust anything that is coming out of Donald Trump’s mouth.”