US President Donald Trump has vetoed the Iran War Powers resolution agreed by the Senate and House of Representatives, calling it a “very insulting resolution” and argued the move of the Lawmakers was “based on misunderstandings of facts and law” in a statement.
The bipartisan resolution was created to limit Trump’s authority to use military force against Iran without congressional approval, after the President’s decision to order a strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in January.
Trump in a statement issued by the White House blasted the resolution calling it a Democrat attempt to divide the Republican party while also saying he acted within the law in the strike killing of Soleimani.
Trump said in his statement “It is a very insulting resolution based on misunderstandings of facts and law. The resolution was introduced by Democrats as part of a strategy to win an election on November 3 by dividing the Republican Party. Contrary to the resolution, the United States is not engaged in the use of force against Iran. Four months ago, I took decisive action to eliminate Qassem Soleimani while he was in Iraq. Iran responded by launching a series of missiles at our forces stationed in Iraq. No one was killed by these attacks. The strike against Soleimani was fully authorized by law, including the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 and Article II of the Constitution. The resolution implies that the President’s constitutional authority to use military force is limited to the defense of the United States and its forces against imminent attack. That is incorrect. We live in a hostile world of evolving threats, and the Constitution recognizes that the President must be able to anticipate our adversaries’ next moves and take swift and decisive action in response. That’s what I did!”