UPDATE: Trump bypasses Congress, says hostilities with Iran are ‘over’
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You should always expect anything with Donald Trump. The President of the United States estimated, Friday, that he did not need the approval of Congress to continue the American military commitment linked to Iran, just as the legal deadline of 60 days imposed by the War Powers Act was expiring. In a letter addressed to parliamentarians, the president justified his position by affirming that the hostilities were now “over”. According to this document, the White House considers that the situation no longer constitutes an active conflict. “On April 7, 2026, I ordered a two-week ceasefire. The ceasefire has since been extended. There has been no exchange of fire between United States forces and Iran since April 7, 2026. The hostilities that began on February 28, 2026 are over,” the president wrote. Democrats “are not patriots” The legal framework remains clear: the American Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, while the 1973 law authorizes the president to intervene militarily in an emergency, provided that parliamentary authorization is obtained after 60 days. In this case, the conflict began on February 28, but the official notification was only transmitted two days later, setting May 1 as the deadline for a vote in Congress. Since the start of operations, the Democrats have tried several times to restrict the military powers of the president, without succeeding in having a text adopted. Asked about these initiatives, Donald Trump rejected their legitimacy: “I don’t think what they’re asking for is constitutional. Those who ask for it are not patriots,” before adding: “No one has ever asked for it before, no one has ever asked for it, so why should we? »The situation is still unstable This interpretation is contested by the opposition, which considers that the situation remains unstable. Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen criticized the presidential reading of the conflict, saying that “President Trump’s declaration that the war in Iran is over does not reflect the reality of the tens of thousands of American soldiers in danger in the region”, also citing the persistent tensions and their economic consequences. Our file on the war in Iran If some elected Republicans have suggested that they could request formal authorization from Congress once the deadline has passed, the Democrats do not have, at this stage, sufficient support to impose this requirement. The executive therefore retains room for maneuver, despite a legal and political debate still open on the real scope of the end of hostilities.
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