President Donald Trump drew fierce public condemnation on Monday after veering into an extended endorsement of his White House ballroom project during a Medal of Honour ceremony intended to mark the deaths of American service members killed in an unauthorised military campaign against Iran.
The joint US-Israeli operation, codenamed 'Epic Fury,' launched in the early hours of Saturday, 28 February 2026, without a formal declaration of war from Congress, a constitutional requirement that critics say the president has flagrantly ignored. As the death toll of American soldiers climbed to six by Monday, Trump's remarks about drapes, doors, and a 'beautiful' building struck many observers as a profound failure of presidential decorum.
