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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 51 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Trump, in a Truth Social post said: “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.”

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 73 points 6 days ago (2 children)

He said "consider". How thoughtful of him to start a WAR on social media AND without congressional approval.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 33 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's exactly how you'd expect him to do so.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It's getting hard to predict the stupidity lately.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Always go low. No matter how bad it is, there is always stupider.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago

Yea, genius has a limit but stupidity is unlimited.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We're leading a ground invasion of the north pole!

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

I thought penguins were the problem. They're at the SOUTH pole.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Unfortunately the US has allowed president's to effectively start wars since the 1973 War Powers Resolution Act. It allows any US president to engage in a conflict for up to 60 days without congressional approval.

60 days is a long fucking time, once the military is involved congress knows it can't just pull out of a country. So we always stay