You can blame the Founding Fathers for President Donald Trump’s ability to attack Iran without Congressional approval. Why? They didn’t expect the US to have a standing army, which led them to believe that the president wouldn’t have many troops under their command and to create a Constitution unprepared for the US’s military power.
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