"I directed this military action consistent with my responsibility to protect Americans and the United States' national security and foreign policy interests," Trump wrote in a let

"I directed this military action consistent with my responsibility to protect Americans and the United States' national security and foreign policy interests," Trump wrote in a letter informing Congress that US strikes on Iran had resumed. Link Trump sends Congress formal notice that Iran conflict has resumed In the letter, the US president described the Memorandum of Understanding as having been violated by Iran following its attacks on commercial vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.