WH is threaten to use emergency powers to by pass Congressional approval needed to sell weapon to accused war criminal Saudi Arabia.
The Trump administration is considering an emergency declaration that would allow it to make an arms shipment to Saudi Arabia without the approval of Congress, two U.S. officials and lawmakers opposed to the move said Thursday.
The officials say a decision on invoking a national security waiver in the Arms Export Control Act to bypass congressional review of proposed sales to the Saudis could be made as early as Friday. The officials were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Or maybe the administration shouldn’t be selling weapons behind Congress’ back. No idea what emergency would require SA to desperately need weapons.
It’s called accountability - a word without meaning to Trumpsters apparently.
If the president of the United states wants to sell weapons of war to his friends, why is that anyone’s business besides his own? Congress wants to pretend they’re a coequal branch of government, but unless they’re willing to impeach then they have no real power to stop the executive from doing whatever he wants.
If you can’t post a post of me saying it is ok that “the President is sleeping with the House of Saud and you say its okay”…will you admit that you just lied?
We heard forever that republicans wanted a person to run the United States like a business. Well in private business the owner makes all the decisions and tells everybody else to go to hell.
That’s exactly what Donald Trump will do during his entire tenure.
Are you Republican men still for checks and balances? Will you be during the next democratic presidency?
As I recently said, IMO those four ships that were sabotaged last week…two of them Saudi ships…were more than likely sabotaged by the Saudis to draw us into their war with Iran…and apology accepted.
In a statement, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Sen. James E. Risch (R-Idaho) said that he was “reviewing and analyzing the legal justification for this action and the associated implications.”
This is what it looks like when a man has no spine.
I heard on the interwebs that the last times the president sold arms without congressional approval was just before the Iraq war. Although, I’m not sure about how accurate that information is.
How do you “account” for the Iran deal and Fast & Furious, neither had Congressional approval and involved weaponizing or providing funds to weaponize foreign countries, one an ally and the other not! .
In typical liberal authoritarian fashion “accountability” is a one way street!
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