Trump withdrew the U.S. from that accord in 2018, and within a year, Iran was ignoring the limits the JCPOA imposed. In his video address, Trump told Iran’s armed forces and police they “must lay down your weapons and have complete immunity. But Trump made little effort to explain his Iran attack to the American people, and they oppose it. Trump’s attack on Iran scorns the will of the people and their constitutional right to decide whether they want to pay for a war with their money and their lives. That disdain for democratic government reveals that Trump’s military adventure against Iran is also fundamentally an attack on the United States of America.

Source: Washington Post March 01, 2026 12:12 UTC