{"id":1423,"date":"2026-06-06T14:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2026-06-06T14:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:47:18","slug":"%f0%9f%98%aespeaker-johnson-mitch-mcconnell-back-trump-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/?p=1423","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude2eSpeaker Johnson, Mitch McConnell Back Trump On Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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House Speaker Mike Johnson and Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell have come out in support of President Donald Trump is doing in Iran \u2014 even amid Trump\u2019s online statements threatening to practically wipe out Iran.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey\u2019ve been at war with us for 47 years,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cThey\u2019ve killed Americans. They\u2019ve killed Israelis.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve killed throughout the Middle East. They\u2019re bad guys. \u201d<\/p>\n

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McConnell said he doesn\u2019t know how the conflict in Iran will end. However, he stated that the country\u2019s capabilities have \u201csignificantly diminished. \u201d<\/p>\n

When Pope Leo XIV criticized the Iran war on Wednesday, Johnson used centuries old Christian theological teachings to defend the Trump administration\u2019s strikes against Tehran, calling them a \u201cjust war.\u201d
\nWhen Pope Leo XIV criticized the Iran war on Wednesday, Johnson used centuries-old Christian theological teachings to defend the Trump administration\u2019s strikes against Tehran, calling them a \u201cjust war. \u201d<\/p>\n

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President Trump has been fighting with the first American pope for days, saying that he is \u201cweak on crime\u201d and backs Iran having nuclear weapons. Leo upset Trump by criticizing the U. S.<\/p>\n

-led strikes on Iran in a way that wasn\u2019t obvious. During a Palm Sunday sermon, he said that Jesus \u201cdoes not listen to the prayers of those who wage war. \u201d<\/p>\n

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But on Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance spoke out against what the pope said in public. He told a crowd at an event hosted by the conservative group Turning Point USA that there was a \u201cmore than 1,000-year tradition of just war theory\u201d that raised \u201cdisagreements\u201d about whether some wars are morally justifiable.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got to make sure it\u2019s anchored in the truth.\u201d
\nJust war theory is a long-standing moral framework utilized in international relations and theology, with origins in Christian doctrine. Saint Augustine, a Roman-era theologian who had an impact on modern philosophy, said that war could be justified to keep the peace in the long run, but that it shouldn\u2019t be started first.<\/p>\n

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Johnson, a devout Southern Baptist, talked to reporters on Wednesday morning about Trump\u2019s fight with the pope and brought up just war theory.<\/p>\n

The top Republican in the House said he was \u201ca little bit taken aback\u201d by Leo\u2019s comments about whether Jesus hears the prayers of people who are at war
\nHe said, \u201cIt\u2019s a very well-settled matter of Christian theology. \u201d \u201cThere\u2019s a doctrine called the just war doctrine. \u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson said that what Trump and Vance said shows that they \u201creally understand\u201d what\u2019s at stake in the Iran conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that you had the nation that was the largest sponsor of terrorism now having had that ability taken away from them, that means potentially millions of innocent people will be able to keep their lives and not get killed by terrorists \u2014 that\u2019s a good thing,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n

Johnson told reporters he didn\u2019t want to criticize the pope and that he believed a pontiff or religious leader could say anything they wanted, but he suggested Leo should have expected a retort from the president
\n\u201cIf you wade into political waters, I think you should expect some political response,\u201d he said. \u201cI would just say that these are matters that people of good faith and good sense can debate and think through, and I think that\u2019s what that reflected. \u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has said that its war in Iran is meant to stop the world\u2019s biggest state sponsor of terrorism and make sure that Tehran can\u2019t make nuclear weapons that they say would threaten the region.<\/p>\n

Navy has blocked Iranian ports on the important Strait of Hormuz this week at the president\u2019s request
\nNavy has blocked Iranian ports on the important Strait of Hormuz this week at the president\u2019s request. The White House wants to put pressure on Tehran to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Trump has stepped up his attacks on the pope by posting another rant on his social media site, Truth Social.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill someone please tell Pope Leo that Iran has killed at least 42,000 innocent, completely unarmed protesters in the last two months, and that for Iran to have a Nuclear Bomb is absolutely unacceptable,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

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