{"id":15915,"date":"2020-01-05T23:52:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T23:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/05\/trump-says-tweet-serves-as-notification-to-congress-that-us-may-quickly-fully-strike-back-against-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:55:29","slug":"trump-says-tweet-serves-as-notification-to-congress-that-us-may-quickly-fully-strike-back-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/05\/trump-says-tweet-serves-as-notification-to-congress-that-us-may-quickly-fully-strike-back-against-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says tweet serves as \u2018notification\u2019 to Congress that US may &#8216;quickly &#038; fully strike back\u2019 against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=f3fcc785-b2cd-4260-9c46-7e02911f9c96\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-f3fcc785-b2cd-4260-9c46-7e02911f9c96.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Iran&#8217;s top intelligence and security commander was killed in a drone strike on the orders of President Trump, as tensions escalated between the U.S and Iran.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump has upped the ante with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/05\/trump-threatens-iran-that-us-is-targeting-52-sites-if-tehran-retaliates-following-death-of-iranian-general\/\" target=\"_blank\">social media war against Tehran<\/a> by threatening Iran that the U.S. military will \u201cquickly &amp; fully strike back, &amp; perhaps in a disproportionate manner,\u201d if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/05\/iran-says-its-response-to-killing-of-revered-quds-force-commander-will-be-against-military-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\">the country attacks Americans.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also noted his Sunday tweet served as a \u201cnotification\u201d to Congress and that \u201csuch legal notice is not required.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s assertion on Twitter Sunday that he can use social media to inform Congress of future military actions against Iran is likely to cause further tensions between lawmakers and the White House in coming days, including potential legal actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House Foreign Affairs Committee fired back a tweet telling Trump to read the 1973 War Powers Act \u2014 which was intended to serve as a check on the president\u2019s power to commit forces to an armed conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis Media Post will serve as a reminder that war powers reside in the Congress under the United States Constitution. And that you should read the War Powers Act. And that you\u2019re not a dictator,&#8221; the House Foreign Affairs Committee tweeted Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Trump ordered an airstrike to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of an elite arm of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, on Iraqi soil last week, Democratic lawmakers have complained publicly that the move may violate the executive branch\u2019s authorities for the use of military force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also lamented the lack of advance notification by the White House regarding the attack, traditionally given to key congressional leaders such as the Speaker of the House and heads of the congressional armed services committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican defenders of Trump largely ignored the slight, noting that the president has broad powers regarding military actions in defense of national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/05\/iraqi-troops-killed-in-attack-by-isis-as-rockets-fall-in-green-zone-iraqis-say\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20003121173306.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">New ISIS attack kills Iraqi troops while rockets fall in Green Zone<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Death and destruction continue to roil Iraq in the wake of the killing of Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Democrats have promised investigations into whether proper protocols were followed. All lawmakers are expected to receive a classified briefing on the Soleimani killing sometime next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the War Powers Resolution in 1973, the president is required to notify Congress within 48 hours of any military action and prohibits the president from continuing that action for more than 60 days without an authorization for use of force from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It specifies that lawmakers must be informed \u201cin writing, setting forth \u2026 the constitutional and legislative authority under which such introduction took place, and the estimated scope and duration of the hostilities or involvement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The law also requires the president to \u201cprovide such other information as the Congress may request in the fulfillment of its constitutional responsibilities with respect to committing the nation to war and to the use of United States Armed Forces abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Different presidents have interpreted those requirements in different ways, especially since Congress approved a pair of broad military force authorizations in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Saturday Tweeted out that Trump, &#8220;as Commander in Chief has the authority and obligation to protect American forces in harm\u2019s way, one legal expert challenged the legality of Trump\u2019s announcing policy fiat by social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oonahathaway\/status\/1213924990254551046?s=20\" target=_blank>Oona Hathaway<\/a>, director of Yale Law School\u2019s Center for Global Legal Challenges, said the president\u2019s message \u201cthreatens to break several laws,\u201d including the notification issues and the promise of a \u201cdisproportionate\u201d response to any attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All members of Congress are expected to return to Capitol Hill after their extended holiday break on Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As lawmakers and the White House trade barbs over legal issues related to war, Iran and the U.S. appear to be entering an escalatory conflict spiral that could pull the two countries into a broader war and complicate efforts to ameliorate tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday Trump tweeted that the U.S. military would target 52 Iranian sites, including cultural sites, if Iran retaliated for the death of its revered commander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview with CNN, Hossein Dehghan, a military adviser to Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that Iran\u2019s response to America\u2019s Jan. 2 decapitation strike against Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani will be military \u201cagainst military sites.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment. We are the biggest and by far the BEST in the World! If Iran attacks an American Base, or any American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way&#8230;and without hesitation!,\u201d Trump tweeted Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iraqi parliament, upset over the death of Soleimani, voted in a non-binding referendum Sunday to end the agreement that allowed U.S. troops to assist Iraqi forces in their fight against ISIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dismissed the Iraqi Parliament\u2019s vote Sunday that called for U.S. troops to leave their country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are confident that the Iraqi people want the United States to continue to be there to fight the counterterror campaign. And we\u2019ll continue to do all the things we need to do to keep America safe,&#8221; Pompeo said on \u201cFox News Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/05\/us-troops-have-no-plans-to-leave-iraq-pompeo-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6012322.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">U.S. troops have no plans to leave Iraq, Pompeo says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The secretary of state dismissed concerns about the Iraqi Parliament&#039;s vote to expel more than 5,000 U.S. troops from the country.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S.-led coalition combating ISIS in Iraq and Syria announced Sunday that U.S. troops were pausing anti-ISIS operations and suspending the training of Iraqi troops as threats to coalition troops housed at Iraqi bases continued unabated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a result we are now fully committed to protecting the Iraqi bases that host Coalition troops. This has limited our capacity to conduct training with partners and to support their operations against Daesh and we have therefore paused these activities, subject to continuous review,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/05\/us-suspends-training-iraqi-troops-to-focus-on-base-security\/\" target=\"_blank\">coalition<\/a> said in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been more than a dozen rocket attacks against Iraqi bases housing coalition troops in Iraq over the last two months. U.S. officials have fingered an Iran-backed militia as responsible for the attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Dec. 29 series of airstrikes against the Iran supported militia precipitated demonstrations at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, condemnation from the Iraqi government and the subsequent U.S. drone strike that killed Soleimani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. and Iran appear to be entering a heated proxy war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Media Post will serve as a reminder that war powers reside in the Congress under the United States Constitution. And that you should read the War Powers Act. 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