https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news...p-06-24-25-intl-hnk#cmcamq7yu000q3b6r04lu0dww
20 min ago
US lawmakers react to Trump's role in Iran-Israel ceasefire
From CNN’s Alison Main, Manu Raju, Casey Riddle, Veronica Stracqualursi and Morgan Rimmer
The US Capitol Building in Washington D.C., on December 2.
Samuel Corum/Getty Images
US senators are expected to receive a classified briefing this afternoon on the Israel-Iran conflict.
“President (Donald) Trump owes the facts to the American people, and so far, we’ve received no real information in the Congress,” Connecticut Democratic
Sen. Richard Blumenthal told CNN.
Blumenthal said Trump deserves credit “if, in fact, Iran’s nuclear capability has been destroyed,” adding that the Israeli forces and US military also played a significant role.
Illinois Democratic
Sen. dikk Durbin told CNN: “It’s a lot easier to get in a war than it is to get out of a war,” adding that “we’re a far cry from being able to assess the impact of this overall decision.”
On the House side,
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries argued that Trump has “botched” his promises to bring peace to the region.
“He has botched his promises on the economy, and he’s botched his promises on creating peace in the Middle East. The real question that people are asking here in America is what the F is Donald Trump doing,” Jeffries told reporters this morning, referring to
Trump’s comments earlier that Israel and Iran “don’t know what the fukk they’re doing.”
Speaker Mike Johnson told members at a House Republican conference meeting that he spoke with Trump earlier in the morning, and the president told him he urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran, according to a person in room. Punchbowl News first reported on Johnson’s comment to members.
Republican
Rep. Buddy Carter, who is running for US Senate in Georgia, announced that he has nominated President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize for his handling of the Iran-Israel conflict.
“There’s no one else who deserves it more than this president deserves it,” he said.