House Votes to Check Trump's Authority to Strike Iran

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A fighter jet on the deck of the Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea last month. The aircraft carrier was sent to the region amidst escalating tensions with Iran

July 12, 2019

WASHINGTON — The House voted Friday to curb President Trump’s ability to strike Iran militarily on Friday, adopting a bipartisan provision that would require the president to get Congress’s approval before authorizing military force against Tehran.

The 251-170 vote reflects lawmakers’ growing desire to take back long-ceded authority over matters of war and peace from the executive branch, a reclamation legislators contend has grown increasingly urgent amid escalating tensions with Iran. It also reflected a war weariness on both sides of the aisle after 17 years of conflict in the Middle East; 27 Republicans joined all but seven Democrats to approve it.

Last month, Mr. Trump led the United States to the brink of a retaliatory missile strike before abruptly reversing course minutes before launch. On Thursday, three Iranian boats briefly tried to block passage of a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Britain’s Ministry of Defense.

Mr. Trump said last month he believes he does not need congressional approval to strike Iran. The vote Friday amounted to a pointed and bipartisan rebuttal — led by strange ideological bedfellows, Representatives Ro Khanna, a liberal Democrat from California, and Matt Gaetz of Florida, one of Mr. Trump’s most strident Republican allies in Congress.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/us/politics/trump-iran-vote.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

[Turbineguy]

1. War and the making thereof

is completely outside his governing skills which are slim anyway.

He talks big but he knows there's no way he can escape the blame if things go wrong.