"If I call it a war, I'm supposed to get approval from Congress, something like that, so I call it a military operation"

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
Trump: "We have a thing called a war, or as they would rather say, a military operation. It's for legal reasons. Because as a military operation, I don't need any approvals. As a war you're supposed to get approval from Congress. Something like that. So I call it a military operation."

Trump: "We have a thing called a war, or as they would rather say, a military operation. It's for legal reasons. Because as a military operation, I don't need any approvals. As a war you're supposed to get approval from Congress. Something like that. So I call it a military operation."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-27T22:48:36.250Z

[MichMan]

1. The last time war was formally declared by Congress was June 1942

against Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary. In other conflicts, short of being designated as war, Congress has authorized military actions with resolutions, while in others it hasn't.

[usonian]

2. Of course.

I am reposting his old tweets separately.

At any given time, imgbb or postimages demand an upgrade for some photos and not others, so I switch back and forth.

Creeps.

[RockRaven]

3. Dementia Donald cannot remember *to leave unsaid* the pretense behind polite fictions.

[LastDemocratInSC]

4. If he added "Special" as the first word

it would have the same name as Putin's war with Ukraine. Great minds and all that.