Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Trump’s Reckless And Increasingly Costly War In Iran

Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor to denounce Donald Trump's war in Iran that continues to burden the American people with higher costs while rewarding America's enemies. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Now, let's talk about the disastrous war in Iran, causing so much havoc, so much chaos, and raises everybody's gas prices and prices on so much else.

On Friday, Donald Trump said the following: "I may have a plan, or I may not." For a war? Woah. People's lives are at stake. Billions spent on an almost daily basis and he says, "I may have a plan, or I may not."

Those are the words of the commander in chief in the middle of a war involving one of the most dangerous regimes in the Middle East: "I may have a plan, or I may not." That's unhinged and a dangerous thing to say. Lives are on the line, and the president says he may not even have a plan. Tens of billions of dollars are being wasted. Troops are being killed and injured. No plan. Civilians are being killed and injured. No plan. A gallon of gas now costs an average of $3.94. And Trump, "I may have a plan, or I may not." Which means none.

And what does Donald Trump do? He lifts sanctions on two of the states that are enemies to us in many ways, Iran and Russia, so they can go after our own troops and our allies. Lifting sanctions on Iran and Russia so they can go after our troops and our allies. It's the dictionary definition of asinine.

Donald Trump's military strategy is like watching a snake eat its own tail.

This war needs to come to an end. Secretary Rubio, Secretary Hegseth, and other cabinet officials must come before the Senate and testify under oath, in public, to explain why we are in this mess and what the goal even is. Even some Republican Senators are openly admitting they have no clue what the administration is trying to accomplish in the Middle East. Enough is enough. The American people do not want a war with Iran that has no end. They do not want to see our troops deployed again and again to the Middle East. And they don't want to have a knot in their stomach every time they pull up to the gas pump and soon enough to the grocery store as well because of the higher prices caused by this war. It must come to an end.

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