Nancy Pelosi doubles down on defending Obama's strikes on Libya while attacking Trump: 'Read the law'

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Pelosi says Trump must ask Congress before he carries out any such strikes despite affirming that Obama didn't need lawmaker approval. (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital) Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., continued to argue that President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran and former President Barack Obama’s strikes on Libya were "two completely different things" despite many shared similarities between the two incidents. Pelosi has condemned Trump’s strikes while defending President Barack Obama back in 2011. "They’re not at all alike," Pelosi said. "What Obama did was limited military force. This is beyond that. It was limited military force," she continued. TRUMP ADMIN WARNED LAWMAKERS ISRAEL WAS 'DETERMINED TO ACT WITH OR WITHOUT US' BEFORE MASSIVE IRAN STRIKES Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to reporters following a b