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Trump Refuses to Confirm He Authorized Use of Giant Bomb in Afghanistan
On Thursday, US President Donald Trump declined to take responsibility for the use of the Pentagon's "mother of all bombs" that is said to be its most powerful non-nuclear weapon.
Trump skirted a reporter's question concerning whether Trump himself authorized the strike. He pivoted by saying, "everybody knows what happened," which is factually not true — it's why he was being asked the question.
He followed up by stating that "what I do is authorize my military," which is true, of course, but only because the legal framework of the US grants the presidency singular sovereignty over the use of armed forces. In other words, it's a benign statement that lets Trump portray an image that he isn't personally responsible for the strike, but only that his military is.
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