Strategic Command (STRATCOM) The United States is ready for the upcoming transition of command of the American armed forces from President Joe Biden to President-elect Donald Trump. This was stated by a senior representative of STRATCOM, Rear Admiral Thomas Buchanan at the Washington Center for Strategic and International Studies. The activities of this organization are considered undesirable in Russia, APA reports citing TASS.
"The [US] armed forces are ready to carry out orders, taking into account the transfer of power [in the country]," he said. "The U.S. Strategic Committee is ready to work with our newly elected leaders and those who will be appointed [to senior positions] in the U.S. Department of Defense." "The nuclear forces will be ready for this on January 19, as well as on January 20, <...> we are always ready," Buchanan added.