President Donald Trump said early Wednesday that the Senate's recent War Powers Act vote — which passed with four Republican defectors — provided 'aid and comfort' to Iran and made his job 'more difficult.' Trump's statement, posted on Truth Social, follows a 50-48 non-binding Senate resolution urging him to end military action against Iran or obtain congressional authorization.
President Donald Trump early Wednesday morning posted a lengthy statement on his Truth Social platform reacting to the U.S. Senate's non-binding War Powers Act resolution passed Tuesday night. The resolution, which passed 50-48, urges Trump to end the military campaign against Iran or obtain congressional authorization to continue. Four Republican senators — a detail Trump highlighted — crossed party lines to support the measure, joining Democrats.
Trump wrote: "So, I have Iran on the 'ropes,' ready to go down for the fall, willing to give us practically anything, and for the first time in decades, respecting the hell out of the United States and its President, ME, and the U.S. Senate decides to have a poorly timed and meaningless War Powers Act Vote, telling the Number One Sponsor of Terror in the World that the United States doesn't like what I am doing to them, and I must stop, and by so doing has provided aid and comfort the Enemy."
He added that the four Republican defectors had made his job "more difficult, but I will get it done, one way or the other, because I always get it done." The 50-48 vote — the closest margin for any Iran-related War Powers resolution to date according to Senate records — was reported by multiple outlets Tuesday evening and comes after weeks of escalating U.S. strikes on Iranian targets and on-again-off-again nuclear deal negotiations. As The Zioneer reported on June 23, the non-binding resolution carries no legal force, but signals rising bipartisan unease with the administration's policy. Trump's 05:42 Jerusalem time post appears to escalate his rhetorical attack on congressional opposition, calling the vote an act of giving "aid and comfort" to a U.S. adversary — language echoing treason definitions under the Constitution's Article III.
2 developments
- DevelopingU.S. Senate rejects bid to limit Trump's authority for new military action against Iran
- StrongU.S. Senate passes symbolic resolution to end Iran war unless Congress approves
- DevelopingTrump says Iran fooled him, calls Tehran's deal confirmation 'weak and pathetic'
- DevelopingTrump attacks Iran: 'Now that the US defeated you militarily, you want to be friends — no thanks'
Source and signal
- Internal intake