GOP Leaders Mum as Trump Swings on Iran

GOP strategist calls 'Trump's folly' a threat to national security

President Donald Trump “cannot be trusted,” warned an adviser to a different Republican president — and he left America weaker after retreating from his war against Iran.“Donald Trump started a war with no plan to win, no strategy to leave,” declared former President George W. Bush adviser Steve Schmidt in a Substack post on Wednesday. “Without the support of the American people, he threatened nuclear war and then backed down. And there wasn't o…

GOP Leaders Mum as Trump Swings on Iran

New York Times: “As President Trump swung this week from threatening to annihilate Iran to announcing a cease-fire whose terms and durability remain murky, Congress — the branch of government vested with the power to declare war and regulate trade — remained in recess and largely in the dark.” “And its Republican leaders had little to say even as Democrats ratcheted up their criticism, clamoring anew for a vote on military operations in Iran and…

Republican rebuke? See what some GOP figures said about Iran war

President Donald Trump's escalatory rhetoric on Iran drew some rebukes from members of his party before a ceasefire was announced April 7.

Trump's threat to Iran shocks global leaders, unnerves some Republicans

By Bo Erickson, Nandita Bose and Steve HollandWASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's warning to destroy Iran if it does not yield to his demands drew rebukes from around the globe and even unnerved some aides and supporters, though administration officials said the increasingly hostile rhetoric was merely a negotiating tactic to force Tehran to concede.