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Trump hits back at 'unpatriotic' vote after House rebukes him over Iran
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- James Fitz Gerald Watch: Moment House votes to limit Trump's Iran war powers US President Donald Trump has hit back at lawmakers who voted to send him a rebuke over the war in Iran, labelling the group "unpatriotic".
- On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a measure that seeks to halt Trump from taking further military action.
- It is unclear how much legal force the House's measure will have.
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James Fitz Gerald Watch: Moment House votes to limit Trump's Iran war powers US President Donald Trump has hit back at lawmakers who voted to send him a rebuke over the war in Iran, labelling the group "unpatriotic".
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a measure that seeks to halt Trump from taking further military action.
In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote: "Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Who would do such an unpatriotic thing."
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