House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was not satisfied with President Donald Trump’s national address on the tensions with Iran Wednesday.
Citing a lack of “coherent strategy,” Pelosi said in a statement that she intended to bring a resolution curtailing Trump’s military authority regarding Iran to the floor for a vote on Thursday.
“Members of Congress have serious, urgent concerns about the administration’s decision to engage in hostilities against Iran and about its lack of strategy moving forward,” she said. “Our concerns were not addressed by the President’s insufficient War Powers Act notification and by the administration’s briefing today.”
Trump said in his address that Iran is “standing down” after the country launched missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. soldiers Tuesday night. There were no casualties and no significant damage.
He also promised additional “punishing” economic sanctions and ludicrously tried to blame Iran’s attack of the bases on former President Barack Obama.
Who is advising Trump. Dustin Hoffman?
The Trump administration has no coherent foreign policy, period. So here we are and all due to a man who is incurious, who does not surround himself with experts, read position papers, alienates allies then demand they do more, is addled, confused, chaotic and blames everything on Obama. He should not be allowed to decide whether or not to go to war under any circumstances. He is not well.
Even if we can’t put it through, somebody with a high enough platform has to say we can’t have this crazy person running through the powder magazine with a Roman candle any more, it just won’t do. None of what Trump does is a “controversy” about which reasonable minds can differ. He’s fucking nuts. And it’s time to start saying so louder.
If it weren’t for incoherent strategy, he’d have no strategy at all.
(h/t Hee Haw)
He should not be allowed to decide what pair of socks to wear.