Vanda Felbab-Brown, senior fellow for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution: “Much is yet unknown about the secret directive and war determination, but it appears that the Trump administration judges that at least some—and perhaps all—of the 13 criminal groups across Latin America which it designated as foreign terrorist organizations can be hit in this way. Beyond existing strikes on boats off Venezuela, President Trump threatens action on land without specifying where. The legality of the actions stands on thin ground, with the determination seeking to expand the president’s military powers in extraordinary ways. The strikes go far beyond the congressionally authorized use of the U.S. Southern Command and Coast Guard for law enforcement actions against drug trafficking. Apparently, the administration is using Article II of the Constitution to claim the need for self-defense…”
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