Donald Trump faced furious pushback from observers late on Saturday as the president announced a foreign military strike.

Trump announced the dropping of bombs on Iran on his social media site, Truth Social. He said the U.S. dropped a “full payload of BOMBS… on the primary site, Fordow.”

One GOP lawmaker declared the action was unconstitutional.

Other political experts and commentators were quick to hit Trump with criticism.

A popular investor who goes by @jason wrote on X, “Five months into Trump’s term, we’re at war.”

Conservative attorney and anti-Trump activist George Conway said the act may be illegal.

“It’s not possible to fairly assess the wisdom of the U.S. strikes on Iran without access to information that intelligence agencies would have,” Conway acknowledged before adding, “This was an act of war, and arguably illegal under domestic and international law.”

Conway concluded, “Even experts with full access to accurate intelligence will not be able to know the second-order effects of the strikes for quite some time.”

Ex-Republican strategist Tara Setmayer said, “So, Trump, the most incompetent insane president in history, just bombed Iran without Congressional approval. Now what?”

She added, “The implications of this are vast…God help us.”

State Rep. Ruwa Romman, the lone Palestinian-American member of the Georgia legislature, said, “This illegal action is opposed by the majority of Americans, will put us all in danger, and only benefits weapons manufacturers and war mongers.”

Veteran White House reporter Brian J. Karem chimed in, “You just started a war without Congressional authorization or even a shred of understanding and you are demanding the end of it?”

“Where will this all end?” Karem asked on Saturday.

Fox News’ Guy Benson embraced the move, but warned of “danger.”

“Correct decision, in my view. But there may well be danger ahead. Pray for the safety of Americans, at home and abroad,” he said.

Rep. Thomas Massie, (R-Kentucky) wasted little time Saturday calling out President Donald Trump after the president announced air strikes on Iran.

Massie shared Trump’s Truth Social post about the attacks on X and wrote, “This is not Constitutional.”

This comes after Massie filed a resolution on Tuesday to ban the United States from becoming involved in the war between Israel and Iran.

“This is not our war,” he wrote then. “Even if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution.”

It does not appear — at least according to Massie — that happened.

This is not Constitutional. https://t.co/EU3fS5jcwb — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) June 21, 2025

Trump did get support from Pennsylvania Senators Dave McCormick and John Fetterman on Saturday.

“As I have said all along, Iran must not have a nuclear weapon,” McCormick said. “This targeted attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities is the result of the Iranian regime’s failure to make a deal despite months of President Trump’s good faith efforts to negotiate.

“I applaud President Trump’s strong leadership and his continued commitment to peace through strength,” he added. “Once again, America’s detractors around the world should know President Trump means what he says. And I am so grateful for America’s brave warriors, who appear to have achieved their mission successfully and are returning home safely. I look forward to being briefed along with my Senate colleagues on this action.

“This is an important step toward ensuring the world’s largest state sponsor of terror never obtains a nuclear weapon.”

McCormick’s statement came just a short time after Fetterman shared President Donald Trump’s announcement from Truth Social to X and gave his thoughts.

“As l’ve maintained, this was the correct move by @POTUS,” Fetterman wrote. “Iran is the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism and cannot have nuclear capabilities. I’m grateful for and salute the finest military in the world.”

Fetterman’s comments come as Trump is slated to address the nation at 10 p.m.

“This is an HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ISREAEL, AND THE WORLD,” Trump wrote. “IRAN MUST NOW AGREE TO END THIS WAR. THANK YOU!”

Trump announced the attack on Iran on Truth Social just before 7 p.m.

“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan,” he wrote. “All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have gone this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

There was some question about the main nuclear site — Fordow — which is buried deep beneath a mountain and whether it might take multiple bombing runs to actually get down to the site.

Trump seemed to address that on Truth Social as well, resharing a post that said “Fordow is gone.”

The US has struck three key nuclear sites in Iran, President Donald Trump said Saturday evening. The sites are Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz, which lie at the heart of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Here’s what we know about the three facilities:

Natanz: The nuclear complex, about 250 kilometers (150 miles) south of the capital Tehran, is considered Iran’s largest uranium enrichment facility.

Analysts say it is used to develop and assemble centrifuges for uranium enrichment, a key technology that turns uranium into nuclear fuel.

Natanz has six above-ground buildings and three underground structures, two of which can hold 50,000 centrifuges, according to the non-profit Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).

Iran had been enriching uranium up to 60% purity at its above-ground Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Weapons-grade uranium is enriched to 90%.

Fordow: Much is still unknown about the full size and nature of this facility, located close to the holy city of Qom and buried deep in a group of mountains. A good chunk of what we do know comes from a trove of Iranian documents stolen years ago by Israeli intelligence.

The main halls are an estimated 80 to 90 meters (around 262 to 295 feet) beneath the ground. The US is the only country with the kind of bomb required to strike that deep, Israeli officials and independent reports have previously said.

Recent IAEA reports suggested Iran had ramped up production of enriched uranium to a level of 60% at Fordow. The facility now contains 2,700 centrifuges, according to experts and the IAEA.

Isfahan: Isfahan, in central Iran, is home to the country’s largest nuclear research complex.

The facility was built with support from China and opened in 1984, according to the NTI. According to NTI, 3,000 scientists are employed at Isfahan, and the site is “suspected of being the center” of Iran’s nuclear program.

It “operates three small Chinese-supplied research reactors,” as well as a “conversion facility, a fuel production plant, a zirconium cladding plant, and other facilities and laboratories,” the NTI says.

A handful of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle fumed at President Trump’s decision to bomb top nuclear facilities in Iran and accused him of violating the Constitution.

On Sunday, Trump announced that he had ordered strikes to target Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan nuclear sites. Trump noted that all planes successfully departed Iranian airspace and were “safely on their way home.”

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who hasn’t been shy about splitting with Trump in the past, simply declared: “This is not Constitutional.”

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Several lawmakers of both parties met President Trump with fuming responses to his decision to bomb nuclear facilities in Iran. REUTERS

Top Intel Committee Democrat Jim Himes (D-Conn.) similarly accused Trump of exceeding his presidential authorities with the strikes.

“According to the Constitution, we are both sworn to defend, my attention to this matter comes BEFORE bombs fall. Full stop,” Himes fumed on X.

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Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a prominent Trump ally who opposed the strikes, called for peace in response.

“Let us join together and pray for the safety of our U.S. troops and Americans in the Middle East,” she wrote.

“Let us pray that we are not attacked by terrorists on our homeland after our border was open for the past 4 years and over 2 Million gotaways came in.”

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) simply declared: “This is not Constitutional.” in response to the bombings. Getty Images

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Hours before the attack, Greene complained that “Every time America is on the verge of greatness, we get involved in another foreign war,” Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) also called it an “unambiguous impeachable offense.”

“This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress,” Casten said on X.

“I’m not saying we have the votes to impeach. I’m saying that you DO NOT do this without Congressional approval and if Johnson doesn’t grow a spine and learn to be a real boy tomorrow we have a BFing problem that puts our very Republic at risk.”

Members of Donald Trump’s MAGA base rushed to embrace the president following his announcement that he ordered strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities – while a House Republican came forward to call it unlawful.

‘This is not Constitutional,’ wrote Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who Trump has called to be thrown out of office over his opposition to his ‘big, beautiful bill’ for adding to the nation’s accumulated debt.

Last week, Massie was among those pushing for Congress to act before the president engaged the U.S. in a military conflict, with plans to introduce a resolution under the War Powers Act.

‘This is not our war. But if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our constitution,’ he wrote last week.

Prominent conservatives broadcast their support for the operation in the immediate minutes after Trump announced a ‘very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan’ – with some heaping personal praise on the nation’s leader.

‘Our commander-in-chief has made a deliberate —and correct— decision to eliminate the existential threat posed by the Iranian regime,’ wrote Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.).

‘We now have very serious choices ahead to provide security for our citizens and our allies and stability for the middle-east. Well-done to our military personnel. You’re the best!’ he added.

Conservative commentator Scott Jennings, a former advisor to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who found himself in Israel when Israel unleashed its attack on Iran, posted: ‘The Commander-in-Chief made a righteous decision. Well done, sir.’

President Donald Trump was his own cheerleader, calling it ‘very successful attack’ on the key Fordow bunker buried deep underneath a mountain, along with the Natanz and Esfahan sites

‘I commend President Trump for taking decisive action and I am grateful to the U.S. service members who carried out these precise and successful strikes,’ wrote House Intelligence Chair Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.). ‘I continue to pray for the safety of the forces engaged to protect the free world.’

Trump’s comments that he might involve the U.S. military in the conflict his online statement on the capability to hit Iran’s Supreme Leader exposed a split among Trump’s MAGA base.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) called the strikes ‘unconstitutional’

Conservative host Tucker Carlson has also criticized U.S. military involvement in Iran

Former Trump chief White House strategist Steve Bannon has warned of the risks of involving the U.S. in another Middle East war

Trump returned to the White House Saturday before announcing the strikes

Trump made ‘America first’ a key plank of both of his campaigns – and stated explicitly that many of the U.S. foreign engagements in the Middle East a waste of American blood and treasure. He has called the second Iraq war ‘stupid.’

Other Republicans cheered the strike, in a party that has embraced Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s warnings about the Iran nuclear threat.

‘More like Fordone,’ wrote Steve Guest, a GOP operative who previously worked for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

The reaction came after the U.S. bombed three nuclear sites in Iran in a risky move that could spark a wider regional conflict.

President Donald Trump was his own cheerleader, calling it ‘very successful attack’ on the key Fordow bunker buried deep underneath a mountain, along with the Natanz and Esfahan sites.

He said American planes had dropped a ‘full payload of bombs’ and had now left Iranian airspace.

‘We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan,’ Trump declared in a post on social media.

‘All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home.’

Trump added in a later post that he would address the national at 10:00 pm eastern time, writing this was a ‘historic moment’ for the United States.

Trump did not specifically say the U.S. had dropped one of its ‘bunker buster’ munitions capable of burrowing deep underground to reach the concealed site.

The president said B-2 stealth bombers were used but did not specify which types of bombs were dropped.

The decision to directly involve the US comes after more than a week of strikes by Israel on Iran that have moved to systematically eradicate the country’s air defenses and nuclear program.

Also offering support was House Speaker Mike Johnson, whose statement called Trump ‘consistent’ despite the president spending weeks pushing diplomatic talks, only to switch to openly contemplating military action and being accused by the Iranians of deception. (Iran has itself long denied a nuclear weapons program even while building concealed nuclear enrichment facilities).

‘The President gave Iran’s leader every opportunity to make a deal, but Iran refused to commit to a nuclear disarmament agreement,’ said Johnson. ‘President Trump has been consistent and clear that a nuclear-armed Iran will not be tolerated. That posture has now been enforced with strength, precision, and clarity.’

One new Senate Republican, Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania, called the attack ‘targeted’ and applauded Trump’s ‘commitment to peace.’

‘This targeted attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities is the result of the Iranian regime’s failure to make a deal despite months of President Trump’s good faith efforts to negotiate,’ he said in a statement.