President Donald Trump claimed without citing legal authority on Thursday that he doesn’t need the approval of Congress to conduct his boat strike campaign in the Caribbean, simply saying his administration is “just gonna kill people.”

In a press conference on Thursday, Trump also claimed that Congress was in favor of the strikes. When asked why he wouldn’t seek congressional approval for the attacks if Congress would be likely to grant him war powers, Trump dismissed the idea.

“Well, I don’t think we’re going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we’re just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, okay? We’re going to kill them. They’re going to be, like, dead,” he said.

A wide variety of experts and lawmakers have pointed out that the campaign i

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