Congress is set to vote on a war powers resolution this week to halt President Trump’s military assault on Iran. There’s just one small problem with that: Khamenei is already dead, more than 40 senior Iranian officials have been eliminated, and Iran’s surviving leadership is already begging to negotiate.

Way to close the barn door after the horse won the Kentucky Derby, folks!

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) — you remember Tim, right? Hillary Clinton’s running mate who was so forgettable that most Americans thought she was running with a cardboard cutout — rushed to the cameras to declare that Trump’s Iran strikes were a “colossal mistake.” This is the same Tim Kaine who sat quietly while Joe Biden launched unauthorized strikes in Syria, Somalia, and everywhere else the Pentagon felt like lobbing missiles for four years.

Back then, presidential war powers were just fine. No resolutions needed. No Sunday show appearances. Tim was busy doing whatever it is Tim Kaine does when no one’s looking at him. (Does anyone actually know? We sure don’t.)

Trump has launched an unnecessary, idiotic, and illegal war against Iran that puts America’s servicemembers and embassy personnel at risk. I’m calling on Congress to immediately return to vote on my War Powers Resolution that blocks war with Iran without congressional approval. pic.twitter.com/lJ2fOElCRM

— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) February 28, 2026

Chris Murphy (D-CT) popped up on Face the Nation this morning to add his two cents about the “dangerous precedent” of the strikes. Murphy wants war powers legislation to rein in presidential military authority. He’s very concerned about the Constitution all of a sudden.

Pop quiz: Where was Chris Murphy’s concern about the Constitution when Biden bombed Syria without congressional approval in 2021? And again in 2023? How about the strikes in Somalia? The ones in Iraq? We must have missed his Face the Nation appearances on those weekends.

Here’s what actually happened while Democrats were drafting their sternly worded resolution. Trump took out the Supreme Leader of Iran in a single weekend. Not a drawn-out, decade-long “strategic engagement.” Not billions of dollars in pallets of cash flown over in the dead of night. One weekend. Khamenei is gone. Over 40 senior Iranian officials are gone. And Iran’s surviving leadership immediately started signaling that they’re open to talks with the United States.

Tim Kaine called that a “colossal mistake.”

You know who doesn’t think it was a mistake? The Iranian officials who are scrambling to pick up the phone and dial Washington before Trump finishes his next Truth Social post. Speaking of which, Big Orange dropped this gem after the strikes:

“THEY BETTER NOT DO THAT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IF THEY DO, WE WILL HIT THEM WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE!”

Does that sound like a guy who needs Tim Kaine’s permission to defend the country? Congress can’t even pass a budget on time, but sure — let’s let them run the war on terror. That’ll go great.

See related: Nancy Pelosi Accidentally Makes the Case for President Trump’s Strike on Iran 

And what did Iran actually do after getting its leadership wiped out? Did they come after us? Nope. They attacked eight Arab countries. Eight! If you needed any more proof that Iran’s regime was an unhinged, destabilizing menace to the entire region, they literally proved it while dying. “We just lost our Supreme Leader, so let’s bomb Bahrain.” Brilliant strategy, guys.

Now, the truly delicious part of this whole circus. Al Jazeera — the Qatari propaganda outfit that’s never met a terrorist it didn’t want to give a sympathetic interview — ran a headline suggesting these were really “Netanyahu’s strikes” that benefit Israel, not America. And the Democrats are running the exact same talking points. Congratulations, guys — your foreign policy is now indistinguishable from a Qatari propaganda network. Maybe put that on a bumper sticker for 2028.

But they won’t rethink anything, because this was never about war powers or the Constitution or keeping America safe. This is Impeachment 3.0 all over again. Remember Al Green waving his cane around on the House floor, filing articles of impeachment for “dastardly deeds”? Same energy. The Democrats can’t stop Trump from winning, so they file resolutions and hold votes and go on Sunday shows to complain about victories that already happened.

Joe Biden spent four years sending cash to Iran. Actual pallets of money. He unfroze $6 billion in Iranian assets — that’s billion with a B — and practically got on his knees begging Tehran to come back to the nuclear deal table. Iran took the cash, kept enriching uranium, funded Hamas and Hezbollah, and laughed at us the entire time. (But hey, at least we got a strongly worded UN resolution out of it! Ka-ching!) No war powers resolutions needed when you’re funding the enemy, apparently.

Trump eliminated their Supreme Leader in a weekend, and NOW Congress has concerns.

We’ve seen this movie before, and we know how it ends. The resolution will either die in the House or get vetoed into confetti. Iran will come to the table because that’s what happens when you negotiate from strength instead of weakness. And Tim Kaine will go back to being the most forgettable person in Washington — which, given the competition, is really saying something.

And for anyone who still thinks President Trump didn’t have the constitutional authority to bomb Iran, let Nancy Pelosi explain it to you…

🚨 FLASHBACK: Nancy Pelosi when Barack Obama was dropping bombs on Libya:

He "did NOT need authorization" to use force. pic.twitter.com/rvOAplLlld

— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) March 2, 2026