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The U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has claimed Trump’s decision to kill Iranian top military general Qassem Soleimani didn’t make the U.S any safer. The U.S House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a war power resolution that would limit the President’s ability to pursue further military action against Iran in the absence of Congressional approval. She said Trump’s attitude towards legislators on Capitol Hill had been disdainful. It is noteworthy that the briefing came several days after the killing of Soleimani as he arrived at Baghdad airport in Iraq. Pelosi also said, “It was disdainful in terms of not consulting with Congress”.

Pelosi added in her press briefing, she said, “Last week, in our view, the president and the administration conducted a provocative, disproportionate airstrike against Iran, which endangered Americans, and did so without consulting Congress”.  CNN reported that Pelosi said she asked the Trump administration why the plans were not shared, as is usually the case, but they answered, we held it closely”. She added, “And the President said, well, ‘I informed you by reading my tweets. No, that’s not the relationship that our founders had in mind in the constitution of the United States, had when they gave power to the president, to the White House to do one thing in terms of our national security, and to the Congress to declare war, and to allocate resources and the rest”.

Top U.S officials, including secretary of state Mike Pompeo and defense secretary Mike Esper, defended Trump’s decision and the move. They suggested there was an imminent threat to American interests in plans he was overseeing. Esper said, “The threat was days away, rather than weeks. Pelosi said, “We have no illusions about Iran, no illusions about Soleimani. He was a terrible person, did bad things. But it’s not about how bad they are. It’s about how good we are protecting the people in a way that prevents war, and does not have us producing, again and again, generations of veterans who are suffering”.