Not sure that he shouldn’t keep that authority now, given intel problems.
Via Daily Mail:
President Donald Trump is taking steps to ease restrictions on drone strikes that Barack Obama introduced to lower the number of civilian deaths and increase accountability.
Trump’s administration is looking to make changes to rules Obama put in place in 2013 on strikes outside of war zones, US officials told The Washington Post.
If the Obama policy is lifted, the Pentagon will be able to approve targets without the White House and a standard meant to minimize civilian casualties could be abandoned.
Trump has also given the CIA authority to conduct drone strikes, a Wall Street Journal report says.