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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Mar 4, 2026, 01:27 PM 11 hrs ago

'We're not at war right now': House Speaker Johnson makes stunning claim after Trump's barrage on Iran [View all]

Source: Independent

House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected the idea that the United States is at war with Iran despite President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth both saying the U.S. is at war.

The speaker delivered his weekly press conference, his first since Trump and Israel launched strikes on Iran over the weekend, and rejected the notion that the House needed to have a vote on the War Powers Act as the U.S. Senate was expected to later Wednesday.

“We’re not at war right now, we’re four days into a very specific, clear mission and operation,” Johnson told reporters. Rather, Johnson maintained that Iran had declared war on the United States — after the U.S. strikes that wiped out their leadership structure.

The claim comes despite the president's announcement of strikes on Iran alongside Israel. The White House and the Pentagon have dubbed the mission “Operation Epic Fury.”



Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/not-war-now-house-speaker-160948266.html



Putting your lips on Trump's ass has damaged your brain Johnson
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Snort Solly Mack 11 hrs ago #1
AGREE riversedge 4 hrs ago #17
Operation Epic Failure. twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #2
Mr. Dictionary, could you give us the definition of "child rape"? twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #3
Maybe we should call it a Special Military Operation relayerbob 11 hrs ago #4
What a dance. If we're not at war... ananda 11 hrs ago #5
Another "Believe what I say not what you see" moment from Johnson the jerk. mdbl 11 hrs ago #6
Spoken like the true mindless weasel he is. Kid Berwyn 10 hrs ago #7
I know, right? I have never seen one so spineless in my life. Ray Bruns 10 hrs ago #9
We're not at war right now, we're four days into a very specific, clear mission and operation," Ray Bruns 10 hrs ago #8
... orangecrush 5 hrs ago #14
Well Johnsons mouth is larger than the other johnson. BattleRow 5 hrs ago #15
Stormy Daniels can explain this FakeNoose 3 hrs ago #22
We don't need Stormy to explain Trumps dick. Trump himself told us all how big it is: AZ8theist 1 hr ago #29
Operation Snow Flurry with the goal of trying to evade explaining the missing Epstein files. cstanleytech 10 hrs ago #10
If they don't admit it's a war, there are no war dead. Like the million casualties of Russian "Special Operation" Wonder Why 10 hrs ago #11
A US submarine sank an Iranian frigate with a torpedo. bluedigger 9 hrs ago #12
Redefining a little bit pregnant? BattleRow 5 hrs ago #16
+ struggle4progress 2 hrs ago #27
If we're not a war and we don't have a draft, but we're putting boots on the ground, who is F45 in2herbs 6 hrs ago #13
By that logic if another nation destroyed the White House even worse than *rump already has Uncle Joe 4 hrs ago #18
Mr. Johnson, please take your ass-kissing self to Iran Dan 4 hrs ago #19
I'll tell my husband: "Yes darling, we had a wedding 29 years ago and we've said our vows" chouchou 4 hrs ago #20
Congress may as well adjourn until after the midterms sarisataka 4 hrs ago #21
George Orwell would be proud of the doubletalk happening today. Aussie105 3 hrs ago #23
Mike's middle name is "Hubris". nt BootinUp 2 hrs ago #24
Mike has no soul since he sold it to Vlad and Donald. Ford_Prefect 2 hrs ago #25
So? Kegsbreath and the Pedo in Chief are lying to us? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, tell me it's not true. Ferrets are Cool 2 hrs ago #26
"...a very specific, clear mission..." LudwigPastorius 1 hr ago #28
We're at "conflict", not "war". Didn't you know? BigmanPigman 1 hr ago #30
Anyone remember who the explainers and apologists were for Bush Aussie105 45 min ago #31
It's just a flesh wound! BidenRocks 28 min ago #32
To be fair: he hasn't watched the news and really doesn't know what the President did.... Ol Janx Spirit 8 sec ago #33
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