1. United States
2. Iowa
3. Letter

When Donald Trump ran for president, he made a promise to the American people: he would end the wars, not start new ones. He said he would be a peacemaker. He called himself the "peace president." He lied. According to data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, Trump has now authorized more than 626 airstrikes in a single year — more than the Bush, Obama, and Biden administrations combined. Across both of his terms, he has ordered military action in ten countries: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Libya, and Pakistan. This morning, he launched a major war against Iran — without a vote of Congress, without a declaration of war, and while Iran retaliates with missile strikes across the entire Middle East. The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to declare war. That is not a technicality. It is a safeguard written in direct response to the tyranny of unchecked executive power. Every member of Congress who has stayed silent while this president has bombed country after country has helped make this moment possible. I am asking you directly: Where have you been? Did you challenge the strikes on Venezuela? On Nigeria? Did you demand a War Powers vote? And now that we are in a shooting war with Iran — a war that could pull in Russia, China, and our allies — what are you going to do? The American people, and the people of every country caught in these strikes, deserve an answer. I expect one from you. Respectfully, A Constituent