Posted on 05/12/2025 5:44:35 AM PDT by Red Badger
Yes, I see your point.
It should be that way, but i have noticed, congress degraded to almost totally inept institution!
They cannot even get a budget!!!
As far as tariffs, Trump is engaged in trade war, trying to get foreigners to stop taking advantage of us.
He is changing the rates every few dates, depending on the situation, mostly if those powers are willing to discuss new deals.
That kind of flexibility congress can never have!
Constitution says that congress has the power to declare war.
But in the era of nuclear weapons, all what the Russians or Chinese need to do is attack us when congress is not in session, preferably on Christmas. Before we would even get a forum in congress, we would be all dead!
So now the president, as a commander in chief, can start wars.
I do not like it, but I do not see how we can go without it.
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