The whitehouse or the President as commander in cheif. was given a lot of war powers mainly due the cold war era. back in the 60s 70s and early 80s when world war 3 threat was even greater than today. people don't appreciate freedom, peace and democracy when they have it and one day it's gone. Americans gave and voted their freedom away . Trump has no power, the public or people gave hime the powers to attack other countries in emergies without congressional approval. in emergencies, they didn't envision, that americans would be that gullible and stupid vote for a guy like Trump and his wall street masters.