Trump doubles down on striking cultural sites in Iran

President Donald Trump insisted on Sunday that Iranian cultural sites were fair game for the U.S. military, dismissing concerns within his own administration that doing so could constitute a war crime under international law. Oona Hathaway, an international law professor at Yale and a former national security law official in the Defense Department’s legal office, said Mr. Trump’s threat amounted to “a pretty clear promise of commission of a war crime.” The president’s threats to Iran did little to quell Tehran’s furor over the death of Soleimani. Mr. Schumer said Mr. Trump lacks the authority to engage militarily with Iran and Congress needs a new war powers resolution “to be a check on this president.” To which Mr. Pompeo said- “We have all the authority we need to do what we’ve done to date.” Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said the administration violated the Constitution by not consulting with Congress in advance. “Such legal notice is not required, but is given nevertheless!” Democrats in Congress have complained that Mr. Trump’s order to kill Soleimani took place without first consulting with or informing top lawmakers, noting that Congress still holds sole power to declare war. And I’m not sure any of us really believe that this president and the people around him” are “really going through all of the consequences of what could happen next.” Pompeo appeared on ABC’s “This Week,” CNN’s “State of the Union,” NBC’s “Meet the Press,"’ CBS’ "Face the Nation,” “Fox News Sunday” and Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” Schumer was on ABC, Warner and Warren were on NBC, Petraeus was on CBS, Buttigieg was on CNN and Graham was on Fox News Channel.