Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor on Donald Trump's war of choice with Iran, which has no outlined objectives or end in sight. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Donald Trump's war with Iran now enters its fourth week, and there is no end in sight. Instead of giving the American people a clear plan for how to move forward, the President of the United States, the commander in chief, continues unfortunately to flail. Over the weekend, Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iran's major power infrastructure if Iran did not come to the table. Then this morning, after all the bluster and all the threats, he appeared - Trump appeared - to retreat, suddenly claiming there are major points of agreement with the regime, even as Iran flatly denies it and there are no diplomatic talks.

What is going on here? This is not leadership from the commander in chief. He is either confused, or lying, or both. And that's what always happens. Whatever pops into his head at the moment he speaks, and two hours, two days later, if he has a totally contradictory thought, he says that one. That's not the way to solve our problems. That's not the way to get Iran to do what we want them to do. He must look like a flailing fool to many of them. A month ago, the national average price of gas was about $2.93 a gallon. Today, it is about $3.94 - up roughly a dollar in just one month. Who is to blame? Donald Trump. And this increase in gasoline is one of the sharpest monthly spikes Americans have seen since Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Prices had been coming down. Then Trump started a war that most of the American people did not want, and he sent prices shooting back up. Enough is enough. Senate Republicans need to hold hearings and bring members of the Cabinet under oath to explain exactly what is happening in Iran. We need accountability. We need transparency. But most of all, we need a strategy and an end game - something Donald Trump's war with Iran is dangerously lacking.

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