Will be interesting to see how this plays out legally as he theoretically doesn't have the legal right to continue without congress' approval.
this post was submitted on 11 May 2026
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The fascist child rapist is well known for following the law.
That's why they 'stopped' operation epic fury and started 'project freedom.' a legally distinct, totally different operation. 🙄
I don't buy it for a minute but the courts will bend over backwards to give trump what he wants anyways.
Lol, is Congress gonna finally do their job? I doubt it.
Congress: keeps sucking Trump's dick
Easy, just say it is an emergency and continue anyway. That's how it works in the US
*Limited to members of the GOP only
If by "interesting" you mean hilarious, we agree
Unfortunately legality is only a thing if there is someone able to enforce it and it seems like no one in this country is able to enforce it since congress is refusing to rein him in and the Supreme Court is in his pocket.
If without Congress this war is illegal, none of the soldiers need obey any orders to continue it, right?
Soldiers didn't have to follow orders to strike civilian boats in the Carribean either, but here we are with almost 200 dead civilians.
Well that's what Mark Kelly and the other senators told them in that video they made.. but apparently reciting the UCMJ is considered "seditious behavior" according to the pedophile.
You mean the orders given by the President who is the head of the military?
There WAS a thing called 'checks and balances'... way back before republicans thought they had [and apparently succeeded at gaining] total and complete control of the government however they saw fit...any else old enough to remember this?
Well, back then there were certain steps a president had to ho through before just being able to DO anything they wanted, and if they went ahead anyway there are other branches to check and balances that power. This is to ensure we don't end up with a fucking King again.
I mean yeah. The moment the Iran war is over, the attention will be back on the Epstein files and Pedo Don.
It's why he started the war. Why would he want to stop it?