Next week, Olivia says in the preview you've got 48 hours to declare war or I'll be dead, didn't the Vice President/Lizzie want to declare war, and try so hard to get Mellie to convince Fitz to do it and it didn't happen? I'm sure it's all them trying to manipulate war then.
EDIT: I just read people already saying what I'm thinking, so it's already obvious and not me acting like Ms Poirot like I cracked it nnnn