President Trump promised “no new wars,” but his aggression against Venezuela is the exact opposite.

The U.S. military has been blowing up alleged “drug boats” near Venezuela that have killed at least 83 people. The UN has condemned these unprovoked strikes as unlawful extrajudicial executions. Yet President Trump has said the U.S. may “very soon” expand this campaign to Venezuelan territory.

Meanwhile, the USS Gerald R. Ford is stationed off the coast of Venezuela and Trump has ordered the CIA to conduct covert operations inside the country. And he declared on November 29 that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela is “to be closed in its entirety.”

It’s unclear if that means Trump plans to impose a no-fly zone on Venezuela. But if so, that would be an act of war — and under the Constitution, illegal without congressional authorization.

We saw this playbook before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. President George........

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