Sunday Talk Shows Sunday shows preview: Lawmakers divided over US strikes on Iran as global fallout builds by Sarah Davis - 02/28/26 4:32 PM ET by Sarah Davis - 02/28/26 4:32 PM ET Share ✕ LinkedIn LinkedIn Email Email NOW PLAYING The launch of strikes on Iran early Saturday morning sent shockwaves across the globe. The joint operation from the U.S. and Israel follows weeks of negotiations between Iranian and American officials over the terms of a new nuclear deal.  President Trump issued a stark warning to the Iranian regime in a video posted on Truth Social announcing “Operation Epic Fury” at 2:30 a.m.  “The United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked and radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests,” Trump said. “We’re going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally — again — obliterated.” The president called the operation a “noble mission” and indicated the U.S. military is seeking a regime change.   “When we are finished, take over your government,” Trump said, directing his comments to the Iranian people. “It will be yours to take; this will be probably your only chance for generations.” The strikes followed a third round of indirect talks in Geneva on Thursday, which ended without an agreement.  Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who mediated the talks, said he was “dismayed” by the news on Saturday morning.  “Neither the interests of the United States nor the cause of global peace are well served by this,” he posted on the social platform X. “And I pray for the innocents who will suffer. I urge the United States not to get sucked in further. This is not your war.” Busaidi met with Vice President Vance a day before the U.S. launched this attack on Iran. The foreign minister is set to join CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation” on Sunday.  Republican members of Congress have lauded the president for initiating these strikes.   Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a long-time war hawk, commended Trump’s message. “His speech will go down in history as the catalyst for the most historic change in the Middle East in a thousand years. I echo President Trump’s call to the Iranian military, IRGC and security forces to lay down their arms,” he wrote on social platform X . “I echo his call to the Iranian people to take back their government.” Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, similarly expressed his support for Trump’s regime change promise. “The world, the Middle East, and especially the great people of Iran will be better off without Khomeini and his armies of terrorism,” Zinke posted on X. “Now is the time for the people of Iran to take their country back. My heart and good faith are with them.”  Zinke is scheduled to join NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday” and Graham will appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press” to discuss the strikes.  A lone Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.), has broken party lines to express his support for the operation, saying the operation is “right and necessary to produce real peace in the region” in an X post .  The strikes have elicited calls from congressional Democrats and some Republican lawmakers to move up a vote on a war powers resolution this week.  “ Donald Trump has launched a war on Iran and Congress must convene on Monday to vote on [Rep.] Thomas Massie’s [R-Ky.] and my war powers resolution to stop this war,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said in a video posted on X.  Khanna is also set to join NBC’s “Meet the Press” this Sunday.  Additionally, foreign leaders have voiced opposition to the operation, urging the U.S. and Iran to return to the negotiation table.  “We call for a resumption of negotiations and urge the Iranian leadership to seek a negotiated solution. Ultimately, the Iranian people must be allowed to determine their future,” the leaders of Germany, France and the United Kingdom wrote in a joint statement.  The UN National Security Council will convene on Sunday afternoon for an emergency meeting to discuss escalating tensions in the Middle East following these strikes.  UN Secretary-General António Guterres spoke out against the strikes in a statement shared on X. “I condemn today’s military escalation in the Middle East,” Guterres wrote. “The use of force by the United States and Israel against Iran, and the subsequent retaliation by Iran across the region, undermine international peace and security.” The strikes on Iran come as America g