Posted on 05/01/2026 11:37:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin
President Trump on Friday suggested that the War Powers Act, which requires presidents to seek congressional authorizations for foreign conflicts, is unconstitutional, as the Iran war hit 60 days, a key milestone under the Vietnam War-era law.
The U.S. and Israel launched attacks against Iran on Feb. 28, but Trump formally notified Congress on March 2 about U.S. military operations against the country — 60 days ago Friday.
Ahead of his departure for a weekend in Florida, Trump was asked whether he would now seek approval from lawmakers.
“It’s never been sought before, there’s been numerous, many, many times and nobody’s ever gotten it before, they consider it totally unconstitutional,” Trump told reporters ahead of his departure from the White House.
“But we’re always in touch with Congress. But, nobody’s ever sought it before; nobody’s ever asked for it before; it’s never been used before. Why should we be different?”
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I love this man.
Balls of steel.
Oops, sorry.. no... Pure GOLD!
Of course, Democrats can get away with anything.
Time in this case is not the President’s friend.
Shall we talk about Vietnam and Korea?
He is correct, the War Powers Act is unconstitutional - as are all pretended “laws” which transfer any of the “legislative powers herein granted” to some entity other than Congress.
It’s not for Trump to say if it’s unconstitutional. The SCOTUS does that.
It is for Trump, however, to follow the law. Or ignore it like every single President has since its inception in 1973.
Yes, let’s talk about Vietnam and Korea.
Korea was justifiable (barely) by a UN Security Council request for assistance.
Vietnam? Naked abuse of power.
The war powers act transfers executive authority to Congress. In that sense it is unconstitutional. Congress could defund the war but then Trump could veto any defunding bill.
Dims don’t abuse power /s
It is too bad the words “shall not be infringed” were not used in the war powers act. Then all politicians would claim POTUS had no right.
Geeez.....
I don't envision a scenario where the SCOTUS would even accept a case involving a legal challenge to the War Powers Act.
And in the absence of a military draft, I don't see who would even have the legal standing to pursue a legal challenge to it anyway.
Yeah.
SCOTUS has been far too busy defining what a Natural Born Citizen is.
You have it ass-backwards. Congress could simply refuse to appropriate the necessary funds to keep a military campaign going.
The Constitution is clear. Congress declares war. The president runs the war. The president is not supposed to start wars on his own.
So I can’t see how the War Powers Act is unconstitutional. It gives the president some time to react to quick threats. But no more Vietnams, please.
Trump can speak any words he wants to speak.
There is no basis that it has force of law.
“60 days” huh?
War’s been ended for over 3 weeks!
It probably is. The legislative cannot dictate to the executive regarding a constitutionally granted power.
But, it’s been in place for more than 50 years. You would think that some President along the way would have challenged it.
Of course, this means that every President can go around starting wars without anyone’s permission or control—short of being removed from office. It sure puts a lot of unchecked power into the office. The oversight and purse power would be the main tools of Congress.
Of course, Congress could declare war. If they think the WPA is bad…watch what happens when a war is actually declared. I don’t think the party out of power is going to like that.
Just do it like we did with ISIS. Demote all objectives from a national mission to the corresponding COCOM’s mission. Then it’s just a line item bullet objective of the CENTCOM’s mission statement. “Degrade and Defeat Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.”
Why would he even need more time? I was told he won the war a few times already and that he exceeded his objectives. Wrap it up Trump, America needs you.
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