farcical considering the source? sure.

but, it's fairly obvious that the right answer is that nobody thought it through, and somebody needs to point out that they need to think this through, lest they ruin international law without even realizing it.

this is beyond surreal. but get used to it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/world/middleeast/syria-united-protect-democracy-trump-lawsuit.html?_r=0