Jon Favreau
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Four House Republicans, including Thomas Massey, joined Democrats on Wednesday in passing a war powers resolution directing the president to end military operations in Iran.
Democrats and Republicans in the Senate advanced a similar measure a few weeks ago.
This is all largely symbolic, however, because Trump can just veto the resolution, which he's not too happy with.
He responded on Thursday by calling the war powers vote unpatriotic.
The Republicans who voted for it, grandstanders and the Democrats, Democrats, which seems to be his new nickname of choice.
We haven't played a clip yet of this on this program, but he has said now multiple times he tells the story.
He's like, no, a lot of people don't know that dumb has a B at the end.
This is what he's been saying.
And like straight face.
And he's like, I call them the Democrats.
People don't know all this time.
You know, there's a B at the end of dumb.
Meanwhile, there seems to have been zero progress this week in actually ending the war in Iran, which Trump said Wednesday is, quote, not a big thing.
Not a big thing for the U.S.
I'd like to read you some rave reviews about the Iran war in the Wall Street Journal today Thursday quote it has achieved enough to produce a far better Middle East quote reaching no deal is fine and quote this is a new day in the Middle East care to guess the author
It's Condoleezza Rice.
Pops her head up to just give a ringing endorsement of our progress on Iran.
That's saying something.
But only because the Condi Rice one is like, what is this going to do?
What are you doing?