Mike Johnson Breaks With Trump On Iran War: ‘We’ve Got To Wrap It Up’

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Mike Johnson Breaks With Trump On Iran War: ‘We’ve Got To Wrap It Up’
Alex GriffingJul 21st, 2026, 1:52 pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was asked during a Capitol Hill press conference on Tuesday at what point he will move to use congressional power to check President Donald Trump’s war in Iran. Johnson pointedly ended his reply by saying “we’ve got to wrap it up” in Iran, which many pundits and political insiders have warned is an additional threat to the GOP keeping its majorities in Congress.

Johnson’s answer appeared to be at odds with Trump, who vowed earlier in the day to continue bombing Iran indefinitely until they come to the negotiating table in good faith.

“You repeatedly said that you trust the administration to handle the war with Iran. We’re now five months in, and the U.S. troop toll has surpassed that of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Given that, at what point are you willing to put an AUMF on the floor, or vote for a War Powers Act resolution to try and remove it?” asked an off-camera reporter.

“The administration is working very hard — the commander-in-chief and the whole Department of War — they’re working very hard to bring this to a resolution. There’s a lot of discussion about how that will be done. We’re all closely watching those developments, of course. I don’t think an AUMF is in order right now. I think we need to bring it to a resolution,” Johnson replied, adding:

    Look, I think it’s important — in my personal view — for all of our international partners to have a role in this. I mean, we’ve got all of our allied nations, NATO, we’ve had the Arab countries over there, the Gulf states that are in closest proximity to Iran. Iran has now fired on all of its neighbors, and they’re turning everybody in the world into an enemy. So I think this is an important moment in history for the entire world community to decide how they want to handle this. It shouldn’t just be America’s obligation — my view is that everybody needs to play a role. So we’ll see how that develops. I think we have to allow the space to do that.

    And I know this administration is working around the clock to resolve that in a way so they don’t suffer any more troop losses. This is a great tragedy — it shouldn’t happen. But it is a very important objective, one that I believe we’ve achieved, to ensure that the largest state sponsor of terrorism does not have a nuclear weapon. That would be a disaster for everybody, and everybody around the world understands that.

    Now we’ve got to wrap it up.

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/mike-johnson-breaks-with-trump-on-iran-war-weve-got-to-wrap-it-up/

[DefiantMassRINO]

What I'm hearing is ... "It's apparent that Netanyanhu hoodwinked us into taking on more than we can chew, so, it's time to bully our allies, whom we disrespect and disparage, to sacrifice their blood and treasury to clean up Trump's and Netanyahu's Persian mess."

[libertybele]

Gee, 5 months?  I see that comment as skewing the truth a bit .... the U.S.  hasn't bombed Iran every day for 5 straight months.  There have been numerous ceasefires and negotiations.

Just what we need ... the Speaker of the House not standing with our CIC. 

[libertybele]

What I'm hearing is ... "It's apparent that Netanyanhu hoodwinked us into taking on more than we can chew, so, it's time to bully our allies, whom we disrespect and disparage, to sacrifice their blood and treasury to clean up Trump's and Netanyahu's Persian mess."

?? He doesn't mention anything about Bibi and Israel, but he does give his personal opinion that our international partners need to come together.   That's something that Trump has mentioned all along.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Gee, 5 months?  I see that comment as skewing the truth a bit .... the U.S.  hasn't bombed Iran every day for 5 straight months.  There have been numerous ceasefires and negotiations.

Just what we need ... the Speaker of the House not standing with our CIC. 

Rump is a dope, he started a war he cannot win without ground troops and he's stinking up the place with his shitty approval ratings.

[Fantom]

Rump is a dope, he started a war he cannot win without ground troops and he's stinking up the place with his shitty approval ratings.

I knew America should have elected you as President.... to think ..we passed up such a great opportunity. 

[Right_in_Virginia]

I knew America should have elected you as President.... to think ..we passed up such a great opportunity. 

 

[libertybele]

I knew America should have elected you as President.... to think ..we passed up such a great opportunity. 

 

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I knew America should have elected you as President.... to think ..we passed up such a great opportunity. 

  Is that a slight on me? I never said I would be a better president.... that still doesn't negate anything i said.

[libertybele]

Is that a slight on me? I never said I would be a better president.... that still doesn't negate anything i said.

TDS runs deep with you.   

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

TDS runs deep with you.

I've been hearing that bullshit since form when it bush derangement syndrome? It's no longer funny.

[libertybele]

I've been hearing that bullshit since form when it bush derangement syndrome? It's no longer funny.

I'm definitely NOT laughing.  We are at war and IF anything we should be standing behind our CIC.  He's doing what no other President has had the courage to do.  Iran can NOT obtain a nuclear weapon.  I think that should ring loud and clear.

[Fantom]

Is that a slight on me? I never said I would be a better president.... that still doesn't negate anything i said.

You are what you are, the only slight ... your own doing.

"“O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
An’ foolish notion”

Translation:

Oh, would some Power give us the gift
To see ourselves as others see us!
It would from many a blunder free us,
And foolish notion

~ Robert Burns,

[Right_in_Virginia]

What I'm hearing is ... "It's apparent that Netanyanhu hoodwinked us ...

Jul 21, 2026

Despite the heightened alert, one source said, Israel is content with a continuation of the status quo: staying on the sidelines while the US and Iran continue to exchange blows and remain far from a nuclear deal, as economic pressure on Tehran continues building.

"At the moment, Israel has no interest in joining the campaign,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who participated in the security consultation, said Tuesday. Speaking at a conference, Smotrich said the limited confrontation between Iran and the US serves Israeli interests as it increases pressure on the Iranian regime.

"Therefore, the current situation works in our favor, and we have no interest in pushing ourselves into it.”

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/21/middleeast/iran-war-israel-sidelines-preparations-intl