Republican response
GOP lawmakers: Trump ceasefire a sign of ‘peace through strength’
News of the ceasefire united all factions in the Republican party behind Trump; even some Democrats welcomed the diplomatic development

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA)
Republicans are publicly lauding President Donald Trump’s ceasefire between Israel and Iran as an example of his “peace through strength” approach to foreign policy.
Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” that...