Iran-US war latest: Trump says Tehran willing to 'give us anything'
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President Donald Trump said the Senate vote on war powers related to Iran had made his job more difficult, but vowed that he would get it done “one way or the other”.
The US Senate backed legislation directing Trump to halt US military action against Iran, the latest rebuke of the Republican president from an increasingly restive Congress.
The Senate voted 50-48 in favour of the war powers resolution, which passed the House of Representatives early this month, reflecting growing concern even among some of Trump's Republicans about the unpopular conflict.
Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said: “So, I have Iran on the 'ropes,' ready to go down for the fall, willing to give us practically anything.”
For “the first time in decades" Iran was "respecting the hell out of the United States and its President, ME, and the US Senate decides to have a poorly timed and meaningless War Powers Act Vote”, he said.
This comes as Iranian banks were hit by a cyber attack just days afterTrump said that frozen funds would be returned to the Islamic Republic as part of their initial deal to end the war.
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Trump slams Senate vote and says Iran is willing to 'give us anything'
04:54 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
President Donald Trump said the Senate vote on war powers related to Iran had made his job more difficult."So, I have Iran on the 'ropes,' ready to go down for the fall, willing to give us practically anything," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
He added that for "the first time in decades" Iran was "respecting the hell out of the United States and its President, ME, and the US 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."
Trump added: "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."
US Senate votes to block Trump's military action
04:38 , Alisha Rahaman Sarkar
The US Senate backed legislation directing president Donald Trump to halt US military action against Iran, the latest rebuke of the Republican president from an increasingly restive Congress.
The Senate voted 50-48 in favour of the war powers resolution, which passed the House of Representatives early this month, reflecting growing concern even among some of Trump's Republicans about the unpopular conflict that began on 28 February when the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran.
It was the first time both chambers of Congress had passed a resolution directing a president to remove US armed forces from hostilities since the War Powers Resolution, more commonly known as the War Powers Act, was enacted in 1973.
While likely to remain largely symbolic, the vote was a setback for Trump, who until recently had enjoyed near-unanimous support from Republican members of Congress.
It also comes as the administration is expected to ask Congress to authorize tens of billions of dollars to pay for the war.
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04:00 , James Reynolds
Donald Trump has said that Iran has agreed to indefinite nuclear inspections on its facilities accusing “fake news” media of distributing false rebuttals.
“Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!),” he wrote in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday.


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