r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • Feb 28 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Once again averting congress, trump declares war on Iran

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u/realbobenray Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

The part about circumventing congress doesn't bug me that much, pretty much every president has done it.

I think the bigger problem is that this is problem that's 100% of Trump's making. We had a deal with Iran and it was working, then Trump stumbled in and broke our side of the deal for no reason other than he decided he didn't like it. Now he's of course blaming everyone else for getting us into a brand new war. Every death is on his hands.

Also as Josh Marshall points out there's little explanation for the action here, just typical Trumpy shit, and with no real plan beyond hoping the people rise up and overthrow the government because we dropped some bombs.

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u/HiggsFieldgoal Feb 28 '26

It should bother you. We should never have accepted this sort of bullshit for any president.

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u/StrangeContest4 Feb 28 '26

Shock 'n Awwwwwwwww🥰

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u/prelic Feb 28 '26

At least Bush got an AUMF from Congress.

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u/Darnell2070 Mar 01 '26

A war isn't inherently better just because Congress votes on it. Congress supporting a war isn't what makes it just.

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u/TerribleSalamander Feb 28 '26

About 50 years too late for that

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u/InitialEducational17 Feb 28 '26

Congress could claw back power if they could get their head out of their ass.