Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna faced criticism after claiming U.S. strikes on Iran don't constitute war. During an appearance on MSNBC's The Weekend Primetime, Luna dismissed President Trump's characterization of the attacks as war, insisting they were merely "strategic strikes" and not an invasion. "We are not invading. Are you seeing boots on the ground there? Because I'm not," she argued.

Luna's comments come amid escalating tensions in the Middle East following U.S. military actions against Iran. The Florida representative attempted to differentiate between "targeting strategic military sites" and full-scale invasions, maintaining that such strikes fall outside the definition of war. Her position contradicts both the administration's own language and conventional military terminology.

The political fallout highlights growing divisions within Republican ranks over the administration's foreign policy approach. Luna's insistence on parsing military terminology drew immediate pushback from commentators and political opponents who noted the semantic gymnastics required to deny that sustained bombing campaigns constitute acts of war.