The Libertarian Party of Indiana issued a statement over the weekend condemning President Donald Trump’s decision to order airstrikes on multiple nuclear facilities in Iran. The party called the campaign “an unprovoked and unconstitutional act of war” and for an end to hostilities.

On Saturday, President Trump ordered a series of coordinated airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. The operation, carried out by B-2 stealth bombers and long-range missiles, was launched without prior congressional authorization. Shortly after the mission, Trump posted on Truth Social celebrating its success and declared, “NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!”

In a statement following the strikes, the Libertarian Party of Indiana called unchecked executive power “the deadliest weapon in Washington.” It criticized the president for bypassing Congress, citing Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which reserves the power to declare war to the legislative branch. The party also referenced Republican Representative Thomas Massie, a frequent non-interventionist voice in Congress, who declared the strikes as “not Constitutional.”

“You don’t smash a shop window and then lecture the owner about civility,” the statement reads. “You don’t drop 30-thousand-pound bunker-busters on a country and scold them for not immediately singing Kumbaya.”

The state party called on Indiana’s entire congressional delegation, regardless of party, to support a War Powers resolution introduced last week by Reps. Massie and Ro Khanna to defund and halt unauthorized military action. It also called for an immediate end to hostilities and a return to diplomacy, adding that anything less “betrays the very liberty this republic was built to protect.”

The full text of the Libertarian Party of Indiana’s statement appears below:

LPIN Responds to US Bombing of Iran

June 21, 2025

Tonight, President Trump has demonstrated why unchecked executive power is the deadliest weapon in Washington. Earlier this evening he ordered B-2 bombers to strike Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan nuclear sites. This is an unprovoked and unconstitutional act of war carried out without the declaration that Article I, Section 8 reserves to Congress.

Moments later, Trump jumped on to his Truth Social platform to crow about the “full payload of BOMBS” and then typed, “NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE!” The absurdity would be comedic if it weren’t measured in human lives. You don’t smash a shop window and then lecture the owner about civility; you don’t drop 30-thousand-pound bunker-busters on a country and scold them for not immediately singing Kumbaya.

Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky nailed it: “This is not Constitutional.”

Congress, not the Oval Office, decides when America goes to war. We call on every member of Indiana’s delegation, Republican and Democrat alike, to back Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna’s War Powers resolution introduced on June 17th, cut off funding for these unauthorized hostilities, and haul our forces home before this escalates into another generation-long quagmire.

Every bomb dropped tonight and in the coming days, weeks, months, and potentially years makes Hoosier troops, U.S. civilians, and millions of innocents across the Middle East less safe. It inflames sectarian fires, invites retaliation against our embassies, and piles yet more debt onto our children’s shoulders.

The Libertarian Party of Indiana condemns the initiation of force, whether it’s a street-corner mugging or an unconstitutional presidential airstrike. We demand an immediate halt to hostilities, a full congressional debate on a declaration of war, and a foreign policy grounded in peace, honest diplomacy, and free trade. Anything less betrays the very liberty this republic was built to protect.