Trump notifies Congress of new war against Iran
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2 hours ago
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| politico.com
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Jtsummers
2 hours ago
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> Trump had previously notified lawmakers in May that the war launched in February had “terminated,” thereby negating a 60-day legal deadline under which military operations must halt without congressional authorization.

This is an interesting way to game the system. End each 60-day war and start a new one, it's a new war so a new 60-day window.

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beart
2 hours ago
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That might be a loophole, but in this case I don't think it matters. The emergency powers let the president do whatever they want at this point. And even if there is a law preventing endless war, Congress is completely fine with it, and has been for decades.
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vlian2088
1 hour ago
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as a Russian, I'm still waiting for EU/UK/AU/NZ/CA/JP/etc to impose sanctions upon the US over the previous illegal war :)
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derelicta
1 hour ago
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They won't, because they are vassals and not even aware of it.
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