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WASHINGTON A few days after he ordered the airstrike that killed Irans top military official Gen. Qassem Soleimani, President Donald Trump did what he normally does in times of big domestic or international news: tweet through it.

On Sunday, Trump declared that a 263-character tweet would serve as his official notification for future military action against Iran.

These Media Posts will serve as notification to Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly and fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner. Such legal notice is not required, but is given nevertheless! he tweeted to his 70 million followers.

After reading the post on Tuesday, Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma said the tweet was sufficient notification to Congress. Yeah. I think so. Yep. Its pretty specific. Tweets arent like they used to be. This is a president of tweets and theyre all taken pretty seriously, he told BuzzFeed News.

Its unprecedented for a president to notify Congress and the American public of pending war strategies via social media. That same day Trump tweeted the U.S. was targeting 52 Iranian sites some of them cultural sites which would violate international law. He later walked the comment back saying hed like to obey the law. Republicans say the presidents messaging strategy is just a way to keep his millions of followers tuned in to national politics.

Sen. Kevin Cramer told BuzzFeed News the presidents tweet messaging was fine but added that there are more official ways of notifying Congress.

I always say about Donald Trump and his tweets and his communications style take him seriously, not literally. As he always says, if he didnt do this most of the national audience wouldnt know what hes saying, Cramer told BuzzFeed News.

"Oh, I dont mind, I guess. To me its the new normal, Cramer said when asked if hed like to see future presidents communicate the same way.

Sens. John Barrasso and Tim Scott said that hadnt seen the presidents tweet. When BuzzFeed News offered to show the tweet to Scott, he declined. Thats OK, he said before heading into an office.

Rep. Gary Palmer of Alabama called the tweet tongue and cheek.

Democrats disagreed with their Republican colleagues and some of them replied to Sundays tweet expressing their opposition.

Presidential notification of Congress about the need to exercise war powers cannot be satisfied in 280 characters or less, Joe Biden said during a fundraiser in New York City on Tuesday.

He should notify Congress with normal processes, Rep. Carolyn Maloney told BuzzFeed News, adding that the president should deescalate the tensions in the area.

On Tuesday night, after Iran had launched several missiles at US military bases in Iraq, Trump tweeted that all is well and made a statement the following morning that no US or Iraqi lives were lost. When Iran launched the strike, one of the countrys government officials let the world know who was responsible...with a tweet.

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