John Bolton: Of Course Trump Has the Authority to Bomb Iran for the Purpose of Regime Change Without Congressional Approval

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BOLTON: “Look, the commander-in-chief authority in Article 2 expressly gives the president enormous power to deal with threats to the United States around the world. And let's look at a little history. In 1798, John Adams fought what was called the quasi-war against France, a naval war, no declaration of war, went on for over two years. Shortly thereafter, his arch political enemy, Thomas Jefferson, directed American forces to begin a war against the Barbary pirates in what is today Libya. Again, no declaration of war, went on for three or four years. There was a subsequent outbreak of war there. Again, no declaration of war. So this is important constitutional history, deeply embedded early in our history.”