Mike Johnson Says Trump Should Have MORE War Powers

Donald Trump was already facing backlash at home and abroad for his decision to strike Iran last weekend, with many saying that the order was illegal because it wasn’t approved by Congress. Because of this, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson says that Trump should be given MORE war powers because, as Johnson falsely claimed, the War Powers Act that requires Congress to approve war is somehow unconstitutional. Johnson wants to let Trump become a dictator, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.

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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.

The public, overwhelmingly disapproves of Donald Trump's decision from last weekend to, of course, send missiles into Iran and not hit their intended targets. Public doesn't like this. The public is not happy about the fact that the President of the United States can apparently just do this. In fact, uh, we tried to impeach him this week for doing it. That didn't go far at all because too many Democrats, over a hundred of them crossed the lines to make sure that no, we gotta protect this power of the President. But Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, he stands alone. Well, probably not, but at least at the moment with thinking that not only did Donald Trump have the authority to do this, but by God we need to give him more authority to do this. In fact, the whole law that says only Congress can declare war, that seems a little unconstitutional.

So sayeth Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. That's right, folks. This man says that a law passed by Congress decades and decades ago that says that only Congress can declare acts of war is now suddenly unconstitutional. And the President of the United States, oh, it just happens to be Trump. Oh, oh. Well, uh, they can attack anybody anytime, anywhere that they please. Here is what Johnson said. In front of reporters live on camera this week, um, talking about the War Powers Act. He said it requires that the president inform Congress within 48 hours of use of military force. Obviously President Trump did that. Obviously in the modern area with the 24 hour news cycle in social media. Nothing goes by unnoticed. This might've made some sense in 1973, but I'm not even sure it was constitutional.

He continues, and I get to that in just a moment. But this guy is saying like, well, we got TVs now. And so I don't even think the president needs to tell us. 'cause we could just see it on tv. That's not the point. But sure, if you would just rather watch TV than do your job, go for it. Mike Johnson, I guess, right? Like, I don't need the president to talk to me. I'll just turn to Fox News. They'll tell me what to think. Oh, Mike Jesus. Anyway, he continues, and I'll tell you about that as well. Many respected constitutional experts argue that the War Powers Act is itself unconstitutional. I'm persuaded by that argument, many respected constitutional experts, so many in fact, that he couldn't even pause for a minute to think of a single person to say by name. Wow. Hmm. That must mean there's a lot, right? It certainly doesn't mean that there's literally zero saying it. No. The fact that he couldn't

Name one, uh, that just means there's too many to name. Right? They think it's a violation of the article. Two powers of the Commander in Chief. I think that's right. If you look at back at the Founder's intent, you read the Federalist Papers, you read the records of the Constitutional Convention. I think that is right. You know what? Here's what's fun. The Federalist Papers, right? You love to hear conservatives talk about that. Like these guys, uh, in, in the late 17 hundreds, I mean, they wrote papers. Cool. Scientists also wrote papers back then. And as times changed, as things evolved, hell, as human beings mentally evolved, uh, those papers became irrelevant. I'm not saying the Federalist papers are irrelevant, folks, but I am saying the Federalist papers are irrelevant. Folks get it. You know, they're important historically, modern times not so much. Learn them, study them, go through them, absolutely.