Following the election of Donald Trump in November 2016, the Obama administration rushed to finalize a report on existing legal and policy framework guiding military operations, published in December 2016. The objective was to identify current practices and understandings by the US administration, and force subsequent administrations to identify changes to this understanding and policy.US report on the legall and policy framework guiding military operations 2016 The next report was published by the Trump administration in March 2018, containing elements of updates and of changes made by the Trump-administration. The report is annexed here: US report on the legal and policy framework guiding military operations 2018