Thomas Massie Says He Feels ‘misled’ By Trump After Iran Strikes: 'he's Engaged In War'

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Thomas Massie is accusing President Donald Trump of falling short of his run pledges pinch his Saturday nighttime strikes connected Iran.

"I consciousness a spot misled," Massie told Fox News Digital successful a Sunday day interview. "I didn't deliberation he would fto neocons find his overseas argumentation and resistance america into different war." 

"Other group consciousness nan aforesaid way, who supported Trump — I deliberation nan governmental threat to him is he induces a grade of ignorant successful nan Republican base, and they neglect to show up to support america successful nan mostly successful nan midterms."

Massie, a blimpish libertarian who has agelong been wary of overseas involution by nan U.S., has been 1 of nan astir vocal critics of nan Trump administration's caller operation.

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Rep. Thomas Massie said he is looking for ways to unit a ballot connected his War Powers resolution.  (Win McNamee/POOL/AFP via Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

U.S. stealth bombers struck 3 awesome atomic enrichment accommodation successful Iran Saturday night. 

Trump and different GOP leaders hailed nan cognition arsenic a victory, while moreover pro-Israel Democrats besides offered uncommon praise.

"Iran's atomic enrichment accommodation person been wholly and wholly obliterated," Trump said Saturday night. "And Iran, nan bully of nan Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not. early attacks would beryllium acold greater and a batch easier." 

But progressives and nan increasing isolationist helping of nan GOP blasted it arsenic a needless escalation of tensions successful nan Middle East, astatine a clip erstwhile Israel has been engaged successful a weeklong conflict pinch Iran arsenic well.

Top officials up to Trump himself person said nan U.S. is not seeking warfare pinch Iran. 

Vice President JD Vance told NBC News' "Meet The Press," Sunday," We’re not astatine warfare pinch Iran. We’re astatine warfare pinch Iran’s atomic program."

Massie told Fox News Digital those assurances were "ludicrous."

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"He's engaged successful war. We are now a co-belligerent successful a basking warfare betwixt 2 countries," nan Kentucky Republican said, arguing that conflict separates this action from Trump's strikes that killed deceased Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

"You can't opportunity this isn't an enactment of war, that it's a onslaught extracurricular of a war," he said. "This is inside, geographically and temporally, of a war."

The Kentucky Republican notably has surgery from Trump connected respective different occasions, and has been 1 of nan fewer GOP officials to openly conflict pinch nan president — peculiarly connected authorities spending and overseas intervention.

President Donald Trump addressed nan federation aft nan strikes June 21, 2025.  (Pool)

He's co-leading a solution to forestall nan "United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities successful nan Islamic Republic of Iran" alongside Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., which they introduced days earlier nan strikes. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is starring a Senate counterpart.

Massie noted his squad was looking astatine ways to get nan solution connected nan House level — while conceding apt guidance from pro-Israel groups and legislature leaders.

"We're going to effort to usage nan privileges of nan House to get this to nan floor," he said. 

"People were saying, 'Why did you present this resolution? The president's not going to onslaught Iran.' He has struck Iran. And now nan the naysayers said, 'Oh, well, you don't request this resolution."

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a Sunday greeting property convention that nan management decently notified Congress astir nan strikes wrong existing statute — moreover arsenic progressives and immoderate conservatives impeach him of bypassing a co-equal branch of government.

"They were notified aft nan planes were safely out," Hegseth said. "We complied pinch nan notification requirements of nan War Powers Act." 

But Massie noted that nan aforesaid War Powers Act besides requires Congress to ballot connected U.S. subject involution successful overseas countries wrong 60 days, if nan conflict continues.

"Even if they're capable to circumvent a ballot connected nan solution that Ro Khanna and I person introduced, we're going to person to ballot astatine immoderate constituent if this becomes a prolonged engagement," he said.

War powers resolutions tin beryllium called up for a House ballot aft 15 days of inaction by nan applicable committee, aft nan authorities is referred to that committee.

When reached for comment, nan White House pointed Fox News Digital to Trump's astir caller Truth Social station calling Massie a "grandstander" and threatening to enlistee a superior challenger against him.

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"Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky is not MAGA, moreover though he likes to opportunity he is," Trump wrote. "Actually, MAGA doesn’t want him, doesn’t cognize him, and doesn’t respect him. He is simply a antagonistic unit who almost ever Votes ‘NO,’ nary matter really bully thing whitethorn be." 

"MAGA should driblet this pathetic LOSER, Tom Massie, for illustration nan plague! The bully news is that we will person a awesome American Patriot moving against him successful nan Republican Primary, and I’ll beryllium retired successful Kentucky campaigning really hard. MAGA is not astir lazy, grandstanding, nonproductive politicians, of which Thomas Massie is decidedly one. Thank you to our unthinkable subject for nan AMAZING occupation they did past night. It was really SPECIAL!!!"

Fox News Digital besides reached retired to Speaker Mike Johnson's agency for comment.