Sen. Dan Sullivan said Tuesday that President Trump would require authorization from Congress before fulfilling his promise to bring “fire and fury” against North Korea if it threatens the U.S.

“One of the options that they’re looking at that would eventually materialize is a pre-emptive war on the Korean peninsula launched by the U.S. Well, that would clearly in my view require the authorization from Congress,” the Alaskan Republican told Erin Burnett on CNN’s “Out Front.”

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