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The president has the power to deploy the armed forces abroad without the approval of congress for a period of time.
by computerex 6y ago
The president has the power to deploy the armed forces abroad without the approval of congress for a period of time.
- dmitryminkovsky 6y agoThat's on paper. Then there's reality. And in reality, not many people respect Trump and are willing to follow his orders. This happens constantly in the news. His own cabinet members openly work against him all the time. Most recently consider how Mark Esper publically publicly rejected using the Insurrection Act, right over top of Trump. Now you could say—what if we had some other president? Well, the same social rules would apply to that person as well. Even if they were incredibly charismatic and well-liked and respected, they'd need to clear many social and political hurdles before the airplanes took off.
- computerex 6y agoThe president is the commander in chief. In the armed forces following the chain of command is kind of a big deal and there are severe consequences for ignoring a direct moral order from a higher ranked officer.