.@robertjeffress: "The Bible gives @POTUS the moral authority to use whatever force necessary... to take out an evildoer like Kim Jong-un."pic.twitter.com/UQZTE8fwzS
This is complicated. The short answer is that he needs congress to DECLARE a war, but US hasn't declared a war since WWII.
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POTUS' power to fight a war (for longer than 60 days, or in secret) is somewhat limited by the 1973 War Powers Act, but.. it's complicated.
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For example, there is the little issue that nobody really knows if the 1973 War Powers Act is actually constitutional..pic.twitter.com/2LgiWJTgX6
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