US Sen. Bernie Sanders: Only Congress, not Trump, can take US to war

United States Senator Bernie Sanders on Saturday (US time; Saturday, PH time) said only the US Congress, not President Donald Trump, can take the USA to war.

"All of you know that the only entity that can take this country to war is the US Congress. The President does not have the right!" Sanders said at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

"This is a statement from Donald Trump: 'We have completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites in Iran,' et cetera," he told the crowd, as seen in a video he posted on X.

"And I want to tell you something. Not only is this news that I've just heard alarming that all of you have just heard but it is grossly unconstitutional," Sanders said.

Trump announced on Saturday (US time; Sunday morning, PH time) that US forces struck three Iranian nuclear sites and said Tehran's nuclear program had been obliterated.

"The strikes were a spectacular military success," he said in an address delivered from the Oval Office of the White House.

"Iran must now agree to end this war," Trump said in a post.

The three nuclear sites in Iran — Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow — were bombed, Trump told Fox News, according to Reuters. Six bunker-buster bombs were dropped on Fordow, while 30 Tomahawk missiles were fired against other nuclear sites.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Trump's decision to strike Iran, saying it would "change history."

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meanwhile said on X that Iran reserves all options to defend itself after the "outrageous" attacks of the US. 

He also said the US attacks "will have everlasting consequences." —KG, GMA Integrated News