Tom Nichols

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The Don Lemon Show · LEMON DROP | Boots On The Ground In the Middle East! · 25 Mar 2026 podcast

And the War Powers Act is a pretty poorly designed piece of legislation to begin with. matched

There are other options, I suppose. matched

The Democrats could come out and say, we're just going to cut off all funding for this war. matched

But in a way, the Republicans, I think, would love to invite them into that trap to say they're cutting off money while our guys are out there fighting and they're going to lack fuel and ammo and food. matched

It's all put up, but it's a very powerful strategy. matched

message to be able to send. matched

And it's very tough. matched

And there have been I will say there have been some Democratic legislators like Tim Kaine and others who have stepped forward to say, you know, this is not the president can't just go off and start wars by himself. matched

The problem is that the way our system is structured, the president can go off and start wars by himself. matched

And the only thing Congress can end up doing is try to pull the rug out later, which then puts them in the position of not supporting the troops and matched

you know, aiding the enemy and all of that. matched

So I take Jasper's point, but I think people out there should understand that this, when it comes to war and peace, when American troops are actively in a theater of war, it's tough for the opposition party to come out and be, you know, kind of full-throated anti-war. matched

I think what they've been better off at doing has been anti-abuse of power by matched

the president, but it's just a sticky situation. matched

that there may be Democrats stepping back and saying, don't interrupt the president while he's hurting himself, because if he puts boots on the ground, the big division in this country will not be between the anti-war center left and left and everybody else. matched

It's going to be within the MAGA coalition matched

And even I'm there's a part of me that says, you know, step back from that and let them fight it out rather than giving them an opposition to coalesce against. matched

Because if he does put boots on the ground and I think that we're heading that way. matched

I mean, he's talking out of one side of his mouth about negotiations and sending, you know, the 82nd Airborne Command structure over there now. matched

I think that would be a politically disastrous thing to do. matched

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