{"id":45074,"date":"2020-05-06T23:43:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T23:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/06\/trump-vetoes-measure-to-restrain-his-actions-against-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:04:14","slug":"trump-vetoes-measure-to-restrain-his-actions-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/05\/06\/trump-vetoes-measure-to-restrain-his-actions-against-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump vetoes measure to restrain his actions against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed a resolution <\/a>that said he must get a nod from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran. Trump called it \u201cinsulting\u201d to the presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nonbinding congressional resolution was introduced first in the House after the U.S. launched an airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani<\/a>. There was concern in Congress that Tehran and Washington were perilously close to all-out conflict, and some lawmakers wanted to restrain further actions Trump might take against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. Even so, Trump said the resolution implied that his own constitutional authority to use military force was limited to defending the United States and its forces against imminent attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat is incorrect,\u201d Trump said in a statement. \u201cWe live in a hostile world of evolving threats and the Constitution recognizes that the president must be able to anticipate our adversaries\u2019 next moves and take swift and decisive action in response. That\u2019s what I did!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resolution came in the wake of rising conflict between the U.S. and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\t