Senate Symbolically Calls on Trump to End Iran War, Drawing His Anger

The U.S. Senate passed a symbolic resolution overnight calling on President Donald Trump to stop the war in Iran and withdraw all American forces from the Middle East. The measure passed 50 to 48, after an identical resolution was already approved in the House of Representatives earlier this month.

The vote is not binding, and Trump officials have emphasized that point. Even so, the result amounted to a political setback for the president, because four Republican senators joined Democrats in supporting the resolution. Two other Republicans abstained, while one Democrat voted against it.

Trump responded sharply on his Truth Social account. He wrote that Iran is “on the ropes,” “ready to collapse and surrender,” and that it is “ready to give us almost anything.” He also said that for the first time in decades, Iran “respects the United States and its president, me.”

He then attacked the Senate for holding what he called a “meaningless” and badly timed vote on the War Powers Act, saying lawmakers were telling “the world’s number one terror sponsor” that the United States did not support what he was doing. Trump added that the senators had “given aid and comfort to the enemy” and said they had made his job harder, but insisted, “I will complete it, one way or another, because I always finish the job!”