As with most complex and contentious subjects, it is better to begin by learning the facts and be as dispassionate as if studying the table of elements in chemistry. Two Congressional Research Service monographs offer a good place to start: “Congressional Authority to Limit Military Operations” (https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41989), and The War Powers Resolution: Concepts and Practice (https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R42699).
None of this overrides the constitution
Donald did not even bother notifying Congress. Even GWB did that
It’s a serious concern. He’s assuming an imperial approach to the presidency on war powers. Some Freepers are short sighted this is a massive expansion of war making powers right now
For me, the first step in analyzing an issue like this dispassionately is to consider the exact opposite scenario. In this case, I would envision a scenario where an Obama administration launched military strikes against Israel in response to Israel’s attack on Iran.
What can say with 100% certainty is that almost every Freeper on threads like this who insists that the President has the authority to conduct military operations against a foreign nation without Congressional approval would be saying the exact opposite thing in my hypothetical scenario.
If you have any doubts about that, just go back to the discussions about January 6th and see what clowns like Mark Levin had to say about the authority of VP Pence to unilaterally reject electoral votes. Then go back to 2016 and see what he was saying when it was VP Biden who was presiding over the joint session of Congress and Hillary Clinton was whining about election fraud.