There are calls for the impeachment of US President Donald Trump over his “unconstitutional” move to bomb top nuclear facilities in Iran.
Despite Democrats’ response with uproar to the US attacks, Trump has been criticism by his own party members including his prominent ally Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has spoken against the strikes.
A New York Democrat, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, was among the US politicians to condemn Trump’s announcement of “successful” attacks on Iran.
“The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorisation is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers,” Ms Ocasio-Cortez said.
“He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
US strike is coming earlier than the two weeks Trump said he needed to decide whether to join in the war.
Earlier on Sunday, Trump ordered bombing of target Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan nuclear sites.
He said American planes successfully departed Iranian airspace and were “safely on their way home”.
Mr Trump endured bipartisan backlash over the strikes, but so far, only Democrats have clamoured for impeachment despite some of them acknowledging that they lack the votes.
Republican Thomas Massie, who hasn’t been shy about splitting with Trump in the past, simply declared: “This is not Constitutional.”
