1. United States
2. Colo.
3. Letter

Donald Trump’s Easter Sunday threats against Iran should alarm every member of Congress, regardless of party. In public statements and social media posts, he threatened to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges, used profane and taunting language, and then suggested that if no deal were reached, very little would be off limits. This is not a question of style, and it is not about whether one agrees with his broader foreign policy. It is about whether a president who speaks this way about war, civilian infrastructure, and mass destruction can be trusted with the powers of the office. Congress has an independent constitutional duty to protect the country from reckless executive conduct. Silence, minimization, or partisan rationalization only further normalize behavior that would have triggered a national crisis under any other president. This is a constitutional moment. No president should be waved through after speaking this way. Congress must act like a coequal branch and confront the obvious danger before reckless words become irreversible actions.