(Washington) President Donald Trump drew his veto on Wednesday against elected officials, Democrats but also Republicans, who wanted to limit his field of military action against Iran.
The death, on January 3, of the powerful Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, aimed at by an American strike in Iraq, had caused a peak of tensions between the two enemy countries making fear a direct military confrontation.
The Democratic opposition in Congress then presented a text aimed at curbing the powers of the president who had - real snub for the tenant of the White House - been approved with the support of certain Republicans.
Eight of them joined the Democrats in the Senate.
In announcing his long-awaited veto, Donald Trump denounced an "insulting resolution" devised by his political opponents to try to divide his party in the run-up to the presidential and parliamentary elections on November 3.
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The few Republicans who voted for the text have made their game, "he lamented in a statement in a very vindictive tone.
According to this resolution, the President of the United States cannot engage his soldiers in "hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran" or "any part of his government or his army" without "explicit authorization" from Congress, under the form of a declaration of war or a specific green light.
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