ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl said Monday that several of President Donald Trump’s most vocal anti-war allies have been “remarkably quiet” following the former president’s surprise airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend.
Appearing on ABC News’s The View, Karl addressed both the constitutional concerns surrounding Trump’s decision to bypass Congress and the noticeable silence from key MAGA figures who have long opposed U.S. intervention in foreign conflicts.
“Constitutionally, Congress has the power to declare war — you need congressional approval for this,” Karl said. “But president after president has launched military action without it. Congress, under both Democratic and Republican leadership, has complained that presidents are violating the War Powers Act. This is not new. I covered Bill Clinton during the Kosovo
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