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President Trump has no appetite for, and will not seek, war authority from Congress, despite the fact that Republicans control both chambers and overwhelmingly support the strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Asked if he would ever request authorization for war with Iran, the president told RealClearPolitics, “No, I do not believe so.”

The defiant assessment from the executive comes as Democrats, along with a small faction of Republicans, intend to invoke the War Powers Act, a Vietnam-era resolution that limits the ability of presidents to deploy troops without congressional authority.

Only Congress, not the president, they insist, can declare war.

During a brief Monday evening interview with RCP, the president seemed relatively unconcerned with the possibility of a congressional rebuke, a handful of Republican defections, and reports that the stockpile of US missile interceptors may be running low. He stressed, instead, the ongoing “big victory” coalition forces are pulling off against a now-decapitated Tehran.

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Monday to call on Congress to reconvene and vote. “Donald Trump has just launched America into a full-scale conflict against one of our most fervent adversaries without a plan, without an endgame, and without authorization from Congress,” he said, “or even a debate in full view of the American people.”

Democrats argue that the strikes are not only........

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