Lindsey Graham: Trump Doesn’t Need Our Permission To Strike North Korea But We Should Give It Anyway

The Hill reports:

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday said President Trump doesn’t need congressional approval for a military strike against North Korea, but he urged his colleagues to give it “as a last resort.”

“It would be very smart if the Congress could come together and tell the president ‘you have our authorization to use military force … as a last resort.’ That would sent a signal to North Korea and China, that would probably do more good to avoid war than anything I could think of,” Graham told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.

He added that passing a military authorization for North Korea would require Democrats to “take their hatred of Donald Trump and park it.” “There’s nothing in the Constitution limiting the ability to use force to protect America,” Graham said.