Trump slams GOP ‘losers’ over timing of War Powers Act vote

by WorldTribune Staff, June 24, 2026 Non-AI Real World News

In a 50-48 vote on Tuesday, the Senate restricted President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct military operations against Iran.

The four Republicans who backed the measure were Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana.

Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the lone Democrat to vote against it.

In a post to Truth Social, Trump tore into the Republican “losers” who voted for the measure:

“So, I have Iran on the ‘ropes,’ ready to go down for the fall, willing to give us practically anything, and for the first time in decades, respecting the hell out of the United States and its President, ME, and the U.S. Senate decides to have a poorly timed and meaningless War Powers Act Vote, telling the Number One Sponsor of Terror in the World that the United States doesn’t like what I am doing to them, and I must stop, and by so doing has provided aid and comfort the Enemy.

“Four Republican Losers voted with the Dumocrats, and Iran asked my people, ‘what does that all mean?’ These Senators have just made my job more difficult, but I will get it done, one way or the other, because I always get it done! President DJT.”

Though a ceasefire remains in place, Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia argued that passage of a war powers resolution was necessary.

“I think it’s a good time to have the vote to say, ‘Hey, if we’re really in a period of maybe some stability here, let’s not just allow it to start up again without Congress being involved in that decision,” he told reporters last week.

A White House official dismissed the Senate vote, saying the resolution “has no significance” and blamed the measure’s adoption on “Republican absences.”

“Concurrent resolutions do not go to the president and have no force of law,” CNN cited the official as saying.

According to CNN, the official said the resolution directs the president to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities against Iran, “yet there are no hostilities from which to remove U.S. forces, as hostilities terminated with the ceasefire on April 7th.”

The U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance spent this past weekend in negotiations with Iran and reported securing commitments on nuclear inspections, the use of unfrozen funds to purchase American products, and keeping the Strait of Hormuz permanently open.

“The agreement has now moved into its second phase, which aims to establish a more durable and comprehensive peace deal,” Townhall’s Dmitri Bolt noted.

“President Trump is pursuing peace, and there is value in that effort. The challenge is that Iran has a long history of using negotiations to extract concessions while giving up as little as possible in return. Whether this agreement succeeds may ultimately depend on the administration’s willingness to enforce clear consequences when Iran inevitably tests the limits.”

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