While President Trump appears to be offering one more off ramp to the Iranians, he also is bolstering his own military options.
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Iran’s leader vowed that his country would respond to any U.S. involvement in the war with Israel.
They rose more than 4 percent as traders wondered if the United States would take a more active role in the conflict between Israel and Iran.
The decision to launch a full-on attack on Iran would be in the gray area between the president’s powers as commander in chief and the Constitution’s mandate that only Congress can declare war.
The president wrote in a social media post that the United States knew his location.
President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel’s push for an assault on Iran’s nuclear program. With the war underway, his posture has gyrated as he weighs sending in the U.S. military.
Iranian officials have warned that U.S. participation in an attack on its facilities will imperil any chance of the nuclear disarmament deal the president insists he is still interested in pursuing.
A resolution by Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia would require congressional approval before U.S. troops could engage in hostilities against Iran. He said Americans don’t want another “forever war.”