Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - United States President Donald Trump’s ceasefire announcement has divided opinion among US lawmakers, with some hailing it as a positive step and others challenging the Republican president’s fitness to lead.
Trump’s earlier threat to wipe out Iranian civilization
prompted some critics to call on his cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment,
which provides for a transfer of power if a president is unable to govern,
particularly in the event of illness.
Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said
Trump’s ceasefire announcement “changes nothing.”
“The President has threatened a genocide against the Iranian
people, and is continuing to leverage that threat,” she wrote on X.
Trump’s actions “have clearly driven our country past the
threshold for impeachment or invocation of the 25th amendment,” she added.
“Whether by his Cabinet or Congress, the President must be
removed from office. We are playing with the brink.”
Republican senator Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally and
foreign policy hawk, said congressional oversight is needed to “kick the
tires.”
“At this early stage, I am extremely cautious regarding what
is fact vs. fiction or misrepresentation,” Graham wrote on X.
“That’s why a congressional review process like the one the
Senate followed to test the Obama Iranian deal is a sound way forward.”
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer earlier called Trump
“an extremely sick person” in response to the Republican president’s threat
that “a whole civilization will die tonight.”
“I’m glad Trump backed off and is desperately searching for
any sort of exit ramp from his ridiculous bluster,” the Democrat posted on X
after the ceasefire was announced.
Kevin Kramer, a Republican senator from North Dakota, wrote
that he was grateful for Trump’s “unwavering dedication to defending our
country and holding our adversaries accountable.”
“Under his Peace Through Strength leadership, (Trump) is
showing the world that the U.S. is the strongest nation, and we have the
strongest military on Earth,” he wrote on X.
House Representative Yassamin Ansari from Arizona wrote that
she was “momentarily relieved” by the ceasefire but maintained that Trump’s
statements “confirm that he is mentally unstable, unhinged, and unfit for
office or any position of authority.”
“Whether through impeachment or by invoking the 25th
Amendment, it is far past time Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are removed from
office,” the Democrat wrote on X.
Republican congressman Zach Nunn wrote on X that he was
“heartened by the ceasefire.”
“A President must have the authority to act decisively in
defense of the nation, consistent with the Constitution and the War Powers
Resolution. This operation met that standard to stop Iran. This was achieved
with overwhelming force,” wrote the congressman from Iowa.
“Now the mission shifts to securing a lasting agreement that
ensures Iran can never threaten the world with a nuclear weapon again.”
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