“Only Congress has the power to declare war.”
That is correct. Trump did not declare war. It amounted to the incursion into Pakistan to capture Ben Laden. Or Reagan going into the Caribbean. Or countless other strikes by American presidents.
Eisenhower first sending “advisors” into Vietnam...
Kennedy sending troops into Vietnam...
Johnson sending even more troops into Vietnam...
Nixon continuing in Vietnam...
Ford???...
Carter sending troops into Iran...(Failure of huge proportions)
Reagan sending troops into Panama...
Bush sending troops into Iraq...
Clinton bombing Serbia....
Bush sending troops into Iraq/Afghanistan...
Obama sending troops into Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan...