President Trump Can’t Declare War, Only Congress Can. So Why Won’t It?

Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution provides: "The Congress shall have the power... To declare war..."

Article II, Section 2, provides: "The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States..."

The distinction could not be clearer: Congress is not the Commander in Chief, and the President has no power to declare war.