共和党议员似乎对针对美国总统唐纳德·特朗普对伊朗战争应采取的步骤感到不确定，原因包括白宫对其战略和优先事项发出的信号混乱，国防部关于资金需求的具体细节持续缺乏，以及在秋季中期选举前，这场冲突在美国选民中的反感度不断上升。
在为期两周的春季休会后，参议员们本周回到了国会山，共和党议员被迫回答以下问题：他们是否对特朗普最近摧毁伊朗文明的威胁感到担忧；他们将继续支持一场未经授权的战争多久；以及在国会席位势均力敌的情况下——且在民主党批评他们忽视选民对降低生活成本关注的背景下——他们计划如何处理政府提出的增加数千亿美元军费开支的请求。
共和党议员似乎对针对美国总统唐纳德·特朗普对伊朗战争应采取的步骤感到不确定，原因包括白宫对其战略和优先事项发出的信号混乱，国防部关于资金需求的具体细节持续缺乏，以及在秋季中期选举前，这场冲突在美国选民中的反感度不断上升。
在为期两周的春季休会后，参议员们本周回到了国会山，共和党议员被迫回答以下问题：他们是否对特朗普最近摧毁伊朗文明的威胁感到担忧；他们将继续支持一场未经授权的战争多久；以及在国会席位势均力敌的情况下——且在民主党批评他们忽视选民对降低生活成本关注的背景下——他们计划如何处理政府提出的增加数千亿美元军费开支的请求。
总的来说，共和党人对记者的这些问题没有给出答案，并试图通过改变话题……
Republican lawmakers appear uncertain over what steps to take regarding U.S. President Donald Trump’s war against Iran amid confusing signals from the White House about its strategy and priorities, a continued lack of specifics from the Defense Department about funding needs, and the conflict’s rising unpopularity with American voters ahead of the fall midterm elections.
After a two-week spring recess, senators this week returned to Capitol Hill, where Republican members were pushed to answer questions on whether they had concerns with Trump’s recent threat to destroy Iranian civilization, how long they would continue to support an unauthorized war, and how they planned to address the administration’s request for hundreds of billions of dollars in increased military spending in a narrowly divided Congress—and against a backdrop of Democrats criticizing them for ignoring voters’ desire to focus on bringing down the cost of living.
Republican lawmakers appear uncertain over what steps to take regarding U.S. President Donald Trump’s war against Iran amid confusing signals from the White House about its strategy and priorities, a continued lack of specifics from the Defense Department about funding needs, and the conflict’s rising unpopularity with American voters ahead of the fall midterm elections.
After a two-week spring recess, senators this week returned to Capitol Hill, where Republican members were pushed to answer questions on whether they had concerns with Trump’s recent threat to destroy Iranian civilization, how long they would continue to support an unauthorized war, and how they planned to address the administration’s request for hundreds of billions of dollars in increased military spending in a narrowly divided Congress—and against a backdrop of Democrats criticizing them for ignoring voters’ desire to focus on bringing down the cost of living.
By and large, Republicans did not have answers to these questions from reporters and sought either to change the subject when asked about Trump’s public threats to carry out war crimes against the Iranian people or to praise his latest tactic to counter Tehran’s shuttering of the Strait of Hormuz by imposing a U.S. blockade of tankers going into and out of Iran.
When asked if he had any concerns about Trump’s threat last week to end Iranian civilization, Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters on Tuesday he was more focused on what the president was doing. “He’s trying to open up the Strait of Hormuz, which we are all supportive, and the efforts that are being made there to further isolate the Iranian regime and their economy … hopefully will have the desired effect, and we’ll get the strait open again.”
Not counting the shaky cease-fire that began on April 8, the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has been going on for more than 45 days. Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, U.S. military hostilities initiated without permission by Congress, such as the Iran war, are suppos
