United States President Donald Trump had already faced pressure from (many) Democrats and (few) Republicans to not directly enter the Israel x Iran conflict. As expected, charges increased after the US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend.
Deputies of the party of the president and famous figures of the American right, such as communicator Tucker Carlson and political strategist Steve Bannon, opposed the offensive.
Before the attack, Republican Deputy Thomas Massie had presented with the Democrats a resolution proposal to veto the involvement of the United States in the conflict. A proposal in the same direction was presented only by the opposition in the Senate.
Both can be voted later this week, but their effect would be uncertain, especially after Trump announced a ceasefire between the sides of the conflict on Monday (23), that Israel accuses Iran of having violated in the early hours of Tuesday (24). After Sunday’s bombing (22), Massie wrote in X that Trump’s operation “is not constitutional.”
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, from the leftist wing of the Democrats, said the bombing of Iran would justify Trump’s impeachment.
“The disastrous decision of the president of bombing Iran without authorization is a serious violation of the Constitution and the powers of war from Congress. He impulsively risked a war that can entangle us for generations,” AOC wrote (as it is called) in X.
“It’s absolutely and clearly a reason for impeachment,” he threatened. However, even if it is taken into account the unlikely hypothesis of an impeachment request for Trump to reach the US Congress plenary, the chances of dismissal of the president are minimal.
In the House, order approval is required by simple majority, but today Republicans have 220 of the 435 chairs in the house. In the Senate, the impeachment would have to be approved for two thirds of the senators, and the Trump party today adds 53 of the 100 seats in the upper House.
On Monday, according to CNN, Mayor Mike Johnson said Trump used his “judiciously” presidential authority to protect US military in the Middle East and that it is not the “appropriate time” for the United States Congress to vote on a resolution on war powers.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) maintains that the attacks on Iran were based on article II of the American Constitution, which gives the President ample powers to order the use of military force, and that there was no disrespect for article I of the letter, which gives Congress the authority to declare war.
The justification of the DOJ is that the operation in Iran was punctual, not the beginning of a war.
In the Truth Social Network, Trump criticized the Massie co -religionist for having presented the resolution proposal so that the United States would not directly help Israel in the conflict.
‘O yourself [sigla em inglês para ‘Faça a América Grande Novamente’, bordão eleitoral de Trump que designa os apoiadores mais fieis do presidente] It should get rid of this pathetic loser, Tom Massie, ”wrote the president, who said he will campaign against the deputy in the next Republican previews.
The discussion about the legality or not of American bombings to Iran has reached the international sphere. On Monday, France President Emmanuel Macron and Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store claimed that attacks are not supported by international law.
“There is no legal basis for these attacks, even if France shares the goal of not seeing Iran endow with nuclear weapons,” Macron said, according to EFE.
“I think international laws have clear principles on the use of force: it is allowed with the consent of the UN Security Council or in self -defense. I think this is outside the scope of international law,” said Store.
Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary-General, disagreed. “My biggest fear would be for Iran to have, I could use and implement a nuclear weapon, which would represent a strangulation of Israel, the entire region and other parts of the world. And that’s why NATO said Iran should not – and this is the consistent position of NATO – having a nuclear weapon. And I don’t agree to be against international law, which the US has done,” he said.
