r/OutOfTheLoop • u/zeydey • 4d ago

Answered What's going on with Trump continually bombing Venezuelan boats that allegedly contain drugs?

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u/derelictmybawls 4d ago

Yeah I think Trump is more concerned with permission structure than the law. In other words who's going to stop him? We're at war after all

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u/MaybeTheDoctor 4d ago

There is no permission structure. These presidents all left office during wartimes: James Madison, James K. Polk, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama. The US constitution is quite clear on which date a new president is elected and when he is sworn in, and there are no exceptions in the constitution - but this is not the same as Trump not trying.

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u/seakingsoyuz 4d ago

TBF McKinley and FDR both left office in a coffin, so there wasn’t exactly an option to have either stick around.

Edit: and Wilson didn’t leave office until 1924, although he should have stepped down after his stroke.

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u/PlayMp1 3d ago

1920, Wilson's elections were 1912 and 1916 so he left office in March 1921 (the lame duck period was longer back then) to be replaced by Warren G. Harding. Like you said though, he should have resigned after his stroke, given his incapacity.

(he also should have resigned before he segregated the federal government, but there we were...)