And the authority is limited to 48 hours unless the President sends notice to the congressional committees on D.C. justifying the action, at which point the authority is limited to 30 days. Trump has said he sent that notice this morning. This section's never been invoked before, but it is explicit, unequivocal statutory authority to do what he did. And the fact that Democrats in the media are losing their mind is they don't like the fact that he's exercising clear legal authority and clear legal authority that he's … (12:35–12:42)
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Asserts that the statutory authority used by Trump is clear and has never been invoked before.
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