The Democrat-dominated US House of Representatives will rule on Thursday to prevent Donald Trump from waging war on Iran, Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday. “Our concerns have not been lifted” despite confidential information shared behind closed doors on Wednesday by senior Trump administration officials with elected officials, said Nancy Pelosi, who chairs the House.
“To honor our duty to ensure the security of the American people”, the Chamber will therefore vote on a resolution Thursday “aimed at limiting the president’s military acts against Iran”, she added . This text will go to committee on Wednesday evening.
On the other hand, he is less likely to pass the course of the Senate, controlled by the republican camp of the tenant of the White House.
Nancy Pelosi once again accused Donald Trump of having killed the powerful Iranian general Qassem Soleïmani in Baghdad last week. She said it was a “disproportionate and provocative military strike” decided “without consulting Congress”.
“This act endangered our soldiers, diplomats and fellow citizens by creating the risk of a serious escalation of tensions with Iran”, even while President Trump “demonstrated that he had no coherent strategy”, she lamented.
Several members of the Democratic opposition question the legality of the strike to eliminate Soleimani, and the reality of “imminent” attacks that the Iranian general was planning, according to the American administration, against American interests.
It was to answer these questions that the American diplomacy chief Mike Pompeo and the defense minister Mark Esper on Wednesday shared information with the elected members of the Congress in camera.
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