(CNN) President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with "fire and fury" Tuesday if Pyongyang doesn't stop threatening the United States. The Constitution may give Congress the ability to declare war, but in reality it has little ability to stop the President if he's determined to strike North Korea. Congress could pass a law prohibiting the use of force or blocking funding for military action in North Korea. In the wake of Trump's "fire and fury" comment on Tuesday, lawmakers began calling for Congress to authorize any preemptive military action against Pyongyang. The idea of using appropriations to curtail military action was debated during the Iraq War when Democrats took control of Congress in 2007.

Source: CNN August 09, 2017 21:00 UTC