Is Trump Purposely Not Calling It A War To Avoid Getting Congressional Approval? His AG Refuses To Say.

Todd Blanche was pressed to answer after NBC’s Kristen Welker played back a pretty suspicious clip of Trump.

Trends Reporter, HuffPost

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche dodged answering whether President Donald Trump has strategically eluded calling the conflict in Iran a war so he can avoid having to get congressional approval.

Blanche couched Trump’s ongoing, mixed messages about the Iran war on Sunday’s Meet The Press after NBC’s Kristen Welker played back a clip of Trump during a Friday presser where he says that “you don’t have legal problems” if you call the conflict a “military operation” instead of a “war.”

“Is the president effectively arguing that he can avoid congressional approval by........

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