Pelosi Reached Out to the Joint Chiefs About “Unhinged” President With Nuclear Launch Codes Share This: Photo: NBC News Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is intent on removing President Trump from office with less than two weeks to go before President-Elect Joe Biden assumes power. Pelosi has urged Trump’s impeachment saying that Vice President Mike Pence needs to remove Trump under the 25th Amendment. Now, Pelosi has spoken with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley to prevent the president from launching nuclear weapons and starting a war in his final days in office.