U.S. President Donald Trump considers the war with Iran to be over, and on Friday, May 1, he informed Congress of this. On that day, the deadline expired for obtaining congressional approval to continue the military conflict with Iran. “Military actions that began on February 28, 2026, have been terminated,” the letter from Trump to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Acting Senate President Chuck Grassley states.

At the same time, in his letter, the American president also made it clear that de facto the war is still far from over. “Despite the success of United States operations against the Iranian regime and ongoing efforts to ensure a lasting peace, the threat posed by Iran to the United States and our armed forces remains significant,” the letter also says.

The leader of the Democrats in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, called the White House’s arguments in the letter to Congress “nonsense.” “This is an illegal war, and every day that Republicans become complicit and allow it to continue is another day when human lives are at risk, chaos prevails, and prices rise,” he wrote on the social network X.