President Trump isn’t the first president to take military action without congressional approval, but he hasn’t even tried to offer Congress or the American people a justification for the dangerous and illegal war he has started in Iran.
His administration has offered vague and contradictory statements about the purpose of the attacks: saying there were imminent threats to the US (later contradicted by the Pentagon), claiming it was because of Iran’s nuclear ambitions (although he has long said the June 2025 strikes “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capability), or because of Iran trying to develop long-range missiles (something US intelligence assessments have said was years away).
Nor has the administration been clear with the American people about the objectives of this war, how long it will last, its cost or economic impact, or how many American lives will be put at risk.
We need our elected members of Congress to hold the executive branch to account and demand real answers. And, in the absence of a real justification for this war, they need to stand up for the American people and shut this war down.
Six US service members have already lost their lives in this conflict. Tell your member of Congress no war without clear congressional authorization.
We need to press for immediate, full transparency about the war in Iran and what it will cost the American people both economically and personally before we’re drawn even deeper.