Iran conflict fuels Trump family’s grift

The Trump family is set to cash in on the president's war on Iran by selling drones to the Air Force. President Donald Trump's sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, joined the board of drone-maker Powerus after a golf company they backed merged with it. Powerus now stands to gain because of its link with the first family. 

Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution authorizes only Congress to declare war. Further, the War Powers Act of 1973 provides that if a president doesn't obtain approval by Congress to declare war, then within 60 days he must come before Congress to formally declare war or seek approval of military action.

Did Trump not ask approval from Congress to commence the Iran war because he knew of his sons' impending financial gain? Congress has oversight powers and duties to ensure that presidents' family members don't improperly profit from war.

Did Trump on the 59th day of the Iran war say he was "terminating" it so that he could avoid seeking approval and invoking Congress' concomitant role to oversee the grift of a president and his family?

Unfortunately, congressional Republicans are blind to Trump's indiscretions. They should all be voted out in this year's midterm elections.

Trump has a long history of grifting — Trump University and the White House sale of crypto currency, for instance — and his sons are apples that fell close to their father's tree.