Because if he feels in the deepest part of his heart that someone’s a terrorist, we don’t need a trial, right? He’s the Decider! As he said in Bob Woodward’s Bush at War, “I’m the commander — see, I don’t need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being president.”
…oh wait, am I mixing up Presidents again? Silly me.

