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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:56 PM 4 hrs ago

Trump hits back at 'unpatriotic' vote after House rebukes him over Iran [View all]

Source: BBC

US President Donald Trump has hit back at lawmakers who voted to send him a rebuke over the war in Iran, calling them "unpatriotic".

On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a measure seeking to halt Trump from taking further military action amid growing opposition to the war.

In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote: "Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Who would do such an unpatriotic thing."

It is unclear how much legal force the House's measure will have. The White House has dismissed its merits.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-hits-back-unpatriotic-vote-120632605.html



We pledge allegiance to the flag and to the Constitution not you piggy.
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Only Congress can declare war! DemocracyForever 4 hrs ago #1
trump finds it 'unpatriotic' to oppose bombing grade schools. mpcamb 3 hrs ago #2
As we all can recall... GiqueCee 3 hrs ago #3
Quiet piggy. AZLD4Candidate 3 min ago #4
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