Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) accused President Donald Trump of dragging the U.S. into a costly war with Iran as he criticized Republicans for rejecting Democratic efforts to end the conflict.
Schumer Blasts Trump Over Iran War Costs
On Wednesday, Schumer criticized Trump and Republicans in a post on X, highlighting the war’s human and economic costs.
“For eight months, American families have been buried by the heavy cost of Trump’s disastrous war in Iran,” he wrote.
He added, “Twenty-one service members have died and hundreds more have been wounded. Prices are skyrocketing, and families are struggling to make ends meet.”
Schumer said Democrats had given Republicans “14 chances to hold Trump accountable and end this reckless war,” accusing them of refusing to act.
“Trump and his ego led us into this war with no plan, no authority and no exit strategy,” he wrote.
Schumer vowed that Senate Democrats would continue efforts to end the conflict and “stop the costs, chaos, and corruption seeping from the White House.”
Lawmakers Criticize Trump’s Iran War Strategy
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) criticized Trump’s remarks that the Iran war could end whenever he wanted, arguing that the Constitution prohibited the executive branch from waging war without congressional authorization.
Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned what the U.S. had accomplished during the nearly eight-month war, saying, “Nobody can seem to explain what this war has accomplished or when it will end.”
Last month, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) criticized Trump’s handling of the war, saying the administration entered the conflict “without a strategic goal, without a plan, without a timeline, without an exit strategy.”
Iran War Peace Talks and Rising Military Costs
On Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance contacted Iran’s top security official, Mohsen Rezaei, to revive peace negotiations, offering to lead talks in Qatar or Turkey.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran remained open to diplomacy while insisting on meeting its seven demands and conditions.
Meanwhile, Trump’s war against Iran had cost the U.S. military more than $47 billion, exceeding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s July estimate of $37.5 billion by over 25%, according to Pentagon data obtained by Reuters.
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