Trump Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes
Former President Trump declares he won't seek Congressional authorization to conduct military strikes against cartels, a stance the New York Times dutifully reports as if 'Presidential authorization' for extra-judicial violence south of the border is new . One might recall similar 'surgical strikes' in Syria or Yemen that somehow never found their way through a bicameral debate. It appears some
foreign policy traditions are too sacrosanct to alter, especially when they involve asserting dominance over nations that aren't bankrolling AIPAC. The media frames these declarations as either a show of strength or a dangerous precedent, ignoring a bipartisan history of presidents expanding executive war powers. The actual absurdity isn't the lack of authorization, but the pretense that such
authorization was ever truly necessary for interventions that conveniently serve geopolitical interests while bypassing the messy democratic process.