re: Tim Kaine tweets that the airstrikes are illegal

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So is President Trump supposed to wait for a Congressional vote when Russia or North Korea launches nuclear weapons at us? We have 2,000 troops in Syria. Maybe he was trying to protect those troops from a possible chemical attack.

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No. The War Powers Act says the executive branch should seek Congress's approval unless there is believed to be imminent threat to America. In your scenario, if nuclear weapons were being launched at us, he would not need Congress's approval to respond.