UNITED STATE OF AMERICA PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP HAS ISSUED THREAT TO NORTH KOREA WITH “FIRE AND FURY” TUESDAY IF PYONGYANG DOESN’T STOP THREATENING THE UNITED STATES. BUT CAN THE PRESIDENT LAUNCH A MILITARY STRIKE ON HIS OWN?


The Constitution may give Congress the ability to declare war, but in reality it has little ability to stop the President if he’s determined to strike North Korea.

That’s because the President has his own authority as commander in chief to defend the country from threats, and in practice the Executive Branch has used that authority for a range of military actions.

A former House Armed Services Committee, Roger Zakheim said “The Constitution had given tremendous authority for the president of United States to act on his own”Both in terms of constitutional law and in practice, for the President to take military action there’s a lot of precedent if the perceived act of belligerence puts the national security of the United States at risk,” In the wake of Trump’s “fire and fury” comment on Tuesday, lawmakers began calling for Congress to authorize any preemptive military action against Pyongyang.

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