six months ago here in New York City, I
made the case that Donald Trump was dangerously incompetent and
incapable of world leadership in the past few days in
the wake of the killing of the Iranian general solo
money, I think Donald Trump has proven beyond that
comment beyond dispute, haphazard decision making process that led
up to it the failure to consult with our allies
or Congress and the reckless disregard for the consequences that
would surely follow. I was, in my view
, dangerously incompetent. VOCs in wake of such an
enormous escalation that has exploded geopolitics in the region and
put the United States and Iran on a collision course
that what we expect from an American president Well,
what we've heard from what have we heard from President
Trump? We have not heard a sober minded explanation
to assure the American reassure the American people that this
decision and his consequences were thought through no level headed
words meant to dial down the tensions and thio take
us off the path of conflict. No press conference
or consultation with our Congress. No, what we
heard so far from this president tweets, threads and
tantrums all we've heard from this administration or shifting explanations
, evasive answers, repeated assertions of an imminent threat
without the necessary evidence to support that conclusion. And
since this is a president with the history of lying
about virtually everything who has destroyed his own credibility in
that of the United States on a global stage,
knew the American people nor our allies. And indeed
no one around the world seems to be taking his
word for it. If there was an imminent threat
that required this extraordinary action that that we are,
we're owed an explanation and the facts to back it
up. But the, uh, these matters are
deadly import, and to me, they are unmistakably
clear. Donald Trump does not have me make it
clear. Does not have the authority to go toward
Iran without congressional congressional authorization. Hi, everyone.
George Stephanopoulos here. Thanks for checking on ABC News
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