'Very dangerous': Lawmaker says Trump accidentally 'revealed his hand' on military plans
Donald Trump on Saturday accidentally "revealed his hand" when it comes to his plans for Venezuela and perhaps other nations, according to a congresswoman.
The president over the weekend made an awkward comment about the Monroe Doctrine, an old foreign policy that warned European powers against additional interference in the Americas, and attempted to rebrand it after his own name.
"All the way back it dated to the Monroe Doctrines. And the Monroe Doctrine is a big deal. But we've superseded it by a lot. By a real lot. They now call it the Donroe Document," Trump said. "I don't know. It's Monroe Doctrine. We sort of forgot about it."
Dem Congresswoman Madeleine Dean appeared on MS NOW on Saturday to discuss Trump's recent military strike, calling attention to an "extraordinarily troubling briefing" she had with Trump and Marco Rubio.
She also said the strike was "a very dangerous thing" for the president to do, and noted that the event triggered the need for a congressional briefing.
"He does not have that authority," she said of deciding to "run" Venezuela after removing its leader.
She noted that, if this was just a law enforcement effort, as Rubio has suggested, then "we would not be taking over the country."
"It was never about drugs!" she said, pointing out that "they didn't say one word about fentanyl."
Regarding Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" comment, she said, "He talked about the Monroe Doctrine, tried to call it the Donroe Doctrine. The only reason anybody would talk about the Monroe Doctrine and in some vain moment, call it the Donroe Doctrine, is if you are in an expansionist war. The president revealed his hands."