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Donald Trump's speech on Wednesday January 8 did not reassure American Democrats. Although the president played the appeasement after the strikes carried out by Tehran, the House of Representatives wants to prevent him from waging war on Iran.
" Our concerns have not been lifted, " said the Speaker of the House of Representatives after Donald Trump's speech . Democrat Nancy Pelosi therefore intends to vote on Thursday a resolution limiting the military aims of the American president against Iran.
She explained this on Sunday in a letter sent to Democratic representatives in the House. " Last week, " she wrote, " the Trump government ordered a provocative and disproportionate military strike against senior Iranian military officials. This action has placed our soldiers, diplomats and other nationals at risk of a serious escalation of tensions with Iran . "
The approval of this resolution limiting the military powers of Donald Trump should be done without difficulty in a House with a Democratic majority, unlike the Senate dominated by Republicans.
The latter welcomed the appeasement speech by Donald Trump. " I am delighted that the president has not decided to continue military action, " said Republican Senator Rand Paul, who has long argued for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. The speech of the American president was qualified of " measured and firm " by the republican senator Lindsey Graham who benefits from it to address a message to the White house: " It is not necessary to launch reprisals only to launch reprisals ".
After the Iranian strikes against bases sheltering American soldiers in Iraq, Donald Trump preferred to the military escalation the hardening of the economic sanctions against Tehran. " The United States does not want to use its weapons, its economic power is its best deterrent, " he said.