Trump Weasels Out of Iran War by Suddenly Pretending to Obey the Law

The two top morons of the US administration, the pedophile Epstein's friend Donald Dumb and his thuggish and virile minion Pete Hegseth, have decided to suddenly pretend to obey the laws of the country by claiming that they have to terminate their losing losing war with Iran because they had only 60 days to win it without congressional approval. 

Two days ago, the Great American Moron Donald Dumb had declared that he is under no pressure whatsoever to decide what to do with Iran and that his decisions have nothing to do with the November midterms , which virtually everyone thinks will be a huge defeat for him.

As someone who constantly broke the laws and refused to abide by decisions of the courts, it was surprising to hear him and Hegseth say they must terminate the war with Iran because they want to abide by the 60-day deadline in the War Powers Act that says he needs congressional approval after that deadline.

This is nothing by a giant Trump TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) dissimulated behind a sudden respect for the laws and Congress. The Great Moron and his Sancho Panza Hegseth sidekick already foresee a defeat by an anti-war majority in Congress, should they request an extension of that deadline. Second, the midterm campaigns are already in full swing, and by suddenly terminating the war with Iran they are hoping that the American people would have forgotten about the war by November.

This also means that - having NOT won (i.e. have lost) the war with Iran (no regime change, no concessions on uranium enrichment, a continued blockade of Hormuz...) - the original inciter for the war, Benjamin Netanyahu, who prodded the bovine Trump with a cattle prod and bamboozled him into a war that all past US presidents have declined to prosecute for the past 30 years, might have to continue on his own with some support from the US.

This trick may pass in the deserted brains of some in the MAGA herd, but it won't pass with the vast majority of the American people. Americans have already tired of the lies and false campaign promises, they have tired of wasting billions on an unnecessary war while their cost of living has skyrocketed since the Great Moron was elected on promises of "no foreign wars" and lower grocery prices. 

So, the Trump administration is now suddenly arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April, an interpretation that would allow the White House to avoid the need to seek congressional approval. The Defense Secretary of War, the drunkard warrior Pete Hegseth, told the Senate last Thursday that the ceasefire effectively paused the war. Under that rationale, the administration has not yet met the requirement mandated by a 1973 law to seek formal approval from Congress for military action that extends beyond 60 days.

While the ceasefire has since been extended, Iran maintains its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, and the U.S. Navy is maintaining a blockade to prevent Iran's oil tankers from getting out to sea. The War Powers Act that limits a president’s military powers, and Donald Dumb had until today Friday to seek congressional authorization or cease fighting.

“That deadline is not a suggestion; it is a requirement,” said Republican MAGA Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. She unexpectedly broke rank with the Great Moron by voting to end military action in Iran since Congress hadn’t given its approval. Since the Great Moron was pushed by Netanyahu into war without a forethought, Collins clarified that “further military action against Iran must have a clear mission, achievable goals, and a defined strategy for bringing the conflict to a close."

Using byzantine language to camouflage the American defeat in this war, some of Donald Dumb's right-wing extremist "intellectuals" are saying that the new phase would be a mission of self-defense focused on reopening the Hormuz strait while reserving the right to offensive action in support of restoring freedom of navigation.

Menanwhile, the Jesus-saved-me drunkard and fornicating weasel Hegseth testified in the Senate that the administration understands that the 60-day clock was on pause while the two countries were in a ceasefire. Democrats who queried him about the timeline are now saying that Hegseth “advanced a very novel argument... never heard before” and “certainly has no legal support.” One interpretation is that by claiming a "pause", the administration reserves the remaining balance of the 60 days deadline for resuming the war and still remain bound by the that deadline. In  other words, this asinine bunch of idiots want to wage the war like an American "football" (a distorted version of rugby misnamed by the dumb Americans) game where the clock is constantly paused and restarted, and the game is played in 4-second installments that make the boring game lasts hours and hours.

“To be very, very clear and unambiguous, nothing in the text or design of the War Powers Resolution suggests that the 60-day clock can be paused or terminated,” a commentator said. Other presidents have argued that the military action they’ve taken was not intense enough or was too intermittent to qualify under the War Powers Resolution. But Trump’s war in Iran would certainly not be such a case, and lawmakers need to push back against the administration on that kind of argument.