After several lawmakers backed war power resolutions to check President Donald Trump’s ability to declare war – a power constitutionally reserved for Congress – Trump ally and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Tuesday that he believes such checks themselves are “unconstitutional.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday came out against a bipartisan war powers resolution to prevent U.S. intervention in Iran, a show of support for President Trump as dozens of lawmakers question the weekend strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

I don’t think this is an appropriate time for a war powers resolution and I don’t think it’s necessary,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said.