So the president has significant authority to go after individuals and activities that threaten the us government, that threaten our national security interests. So it's not, for instance, When we killed Qasem Soleimani, my quibble was not that he technically had, no offense, authority to do that. He had the authority to do it. My quibble was such an act risked pulling us into a wider war. And I just wanted him to remember in our war powers resolution that we did that he vetoed right in the middle of COVID right in late March. (18:06–18:17)
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