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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Apr 30, 2026, 08:41 PM Thursday

House Speaker Mike Johnson says the U.S. is 'not at war' with Iran as White House approaches 60-day deadline

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Thursday that it is not necessary for Congress to weigh in on the Trump administration’s military action in Iran because the United States is currently “not at war.”

“I don’t think we have an active, kinetic military bombing, firing or anything like that. Right now, we are trying to broker a peace,” Johnson told NBC News in the Capitol. “I would be very reluctant to get in front of the administration in the midst of these very sensitive negotiations, so we’ll have to see how that plays out.”

His comments come as the ongoing military conflict with Iran nears the 60-day mark, a threshold outlined in the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which says that the president has to remove military forces from conflict within 60 days if Congress doesn't authorize a war before that deadline.

When pressed about the 60-day deadline, which falls on Friday, Johnson specifically said, “We are not at war.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/house-speaker-mike-johnson-says-144710658.html

His Lard and Savior Trump said so.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson says the U.S. is 'not at war' with Iran as White House approaches 60-day deadline (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday OP
Whoa.... Lovie777 Thursday #1
Aren't there 25 billion reasons why we are? Isn't the Secretary of War talking about it daily? FSogol Thursday #2
Why are you trying to "broker a peace" if there's no war? Ocelot II Thursday #3
Cool, he's finally figured out Trump's off-ramp. Well worth a Nobel Prize. enough Thursday #4

FSogol

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2. Aren't there 25 billion reasons why we are? Isn't the Secretary of War talking about it daily?
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 08:50 PM
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Doesn't Trumpy call if a war?

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