The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.... The Commander in Chief Clause assures that there can be no military force beyond the president’s control.
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who served under President-elect Donald Trump's first term, responded to Trump 2.0 ...
The President shall be Commander in Chief...of the Militia of the several ... called forth by Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 15. Yet there remained the question of what the president ...