On Wednesday, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) joined a growing chorus of lawmakers questioning President Donald Trump's rationale for renewed military action against Iran, as political criticism of the fresh strikes spiked.

Greene Invokes Iraq War As Lawmakers Push Back

Greene took aim at Trump's shifting explanation for the strikes. The administration initially framed them as a response to Iran targeting commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, but later pivoted to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Greene wasn't buying it.

"I didn't realize Iran's nuclear program was in the Strait of Hormuz controlling oil," Greene wrote on X, adding that the situation "feels more like post 9/11 Bush era Middle East war lies and war economy politics" than a genuine response to Iran's nuclear ambitions.

She concluded, "Literally what we voted to end from the Republican Party."

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) also reacted on X, saying the conflict had already "cost American lives" while driving up gas and grocery prices, arguing that Congress should not allow Trump to continue the war.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) condemned the renewed military action, saying restarting what he called a "reckless war with Iran" would cost more lives and taxpayer dollars. "After getting the United States into a war based on lies, Trump has now declared the ceasefire with Iran 'over' after less than a month," Sanders wrote.

Hunter Biden also chimed in, sarcastically "withdrawing" a tongue-in-cheek Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Trump, referencing the president's repeated claims that the conflict was "over."

Oil Prices Rise, Futures Down

The political backlash came after Trump, speaking at the NATO summit in Turkey, declared the ceasefire with Iran "over" as the U.S. carried out fresh strikes on Iranian targets. The U.S. military later confirmed additional strikes aimed at weakening Iran's ability to target commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

Markets reacted with caution. At the time of writing, Dow futures and S&P 500 futures were largely unchanged at 52,644 and 7,529, respectively. Nasdaq futures were down 0.1% at 29,442.75. WTI Crude August 2026 futures rose 1.2% to $74.40, reflecting concerns about supply disruptions in the key oil chokepoint.

Greene, in her post, also noted the market impact, writing: "Iran bombed ships going through the Strait of Hormuz so Trump bombs Iran, and oil prices start rising again and the stock market goes down making buying opportunities ripe again."

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