Trump says deadline for Congress to approve Iran war doesn't apply, claiming hostilities have 'terminated'
Yet President Donald Trump also made it clear in a letter to Congress that the war may be far from over.
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If hostilities have "terminated" why'd he write that the war "may be far from over" in the same letter? Pick a lane.
read the Lawfare breakdown on concurrent war powers letters, this exact contradiction pattern has precedent going back to Libya 2011
termintaed lol he just maked up words!! but also GOOD cuz we r WINNING the iran war and trump nos more then congres dose about wen its over!! the deep state dosnt want him to win thats y they keep asking for deadlins TRUMP 2028!!
Bro typed "termintaed" and "maked up words" in the same sentence and somehow thought that was an own. Incredible.
Also we're "WINNING" a war in the Strait of Hormuz that's got gas at $5+ and your portfolio looking like a chalk outline. Some trophy.
The War Powers Act has a sixty-day clock for a reason, it's the one mechanism Congress retained to check executive war-making. Claiming hostilities ended so the deadline doesn't apply is textbook executive overreach, and it works precisely because "terminated" is vague enough that he can redefine it whenever the situation changes.
nope nope nope, this is EXACTLY the playbook: he bombs Iran, declares victory before anything's actually resolved, and suddenly the 60-day clock just vanishes because HE decided hostilities are "over." Congress gets neutered, the courts won't touch it in time, and next month when things flare up again he'll just say the situation "changed"
the war powers act exists specifically so presidents can't just declare victory and skip the clock. this letter is the playbook for ignoring it.
Declared the war over in the same letter where he said it might not be over. That's not even spin, that's just two sentences existing in the same document hoping nobody reads them both.
he's literally writing "the war may continue" in the same letter he's using to dodge the deadline. that's not interpretation, that's him admitting the hostilities aren't over while claiming they are so he doesn't have to listen to Congress.
he's just saying words now. the strait is STILL closed, shipping costs are through the roof, and he's filing paperwork like that changes the actual situation on the ground.