US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire announcement has divided opinion among US lawmakers, with some hailing it as a positive step and others challenging the Republican president’s fitness to lead.
Trump’s earlier threat to wipe out Iranian civilization prompted some critics to call on his cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment, which provides for a transfer of power if a president is unable to govern, particularly in the event of illness.
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Here are some reactions:
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez -
Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Trump’s ceasefire announcement “changes nothing.”
“The President has threatened a genocide against the Iranian people, and is continuing to leverage that threat,” she wrote on X.
Trump’s actions “have clearly driven our country past the threshold for impeachment or invocation of the 25th amendment,” she added.
“Whether by his Cabinet or Congress, the President must be removed from office. We are playing with the brink.”
- Lindsey Graham -
Republican senator Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally and foreign policy hawk, said congressional oversight is needed to “kick the tires.”
“At this early stage, I am extremely cautious regarding what is fact vs. fiction or misrepresentation,” Graham wrote on X.
“That’s why a congressional review process like the one the Senate followed to test the Obama Iranian deal is a sound way forward.”
- Chuck Schumer -
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer earlier called Trump “an extremely sick person” in response to the Republican president’s threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight.”
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