Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on President Donald Trump on Tuesday to clarify his objectives regarding the increasing pressure campaign and military buildup aimed at Iran. The request followed a classified briefing earlier in the day for senior congressional leaders, during which Cabinet officials provided updates on the developing situation in Iran.
Other lawmakers also expressed serious concerns in response to the briefing.
“It’s very serious and the president has an obligation to make his goals public,” Schumer told Jewish Insider after the briefing.In addition, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, similarly called on the administration to lay out “what our country’s goals are, what our country’s interests are and how we’re going to protect American interests in the region.”
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told the outlet he was “very concerned” and warned that “wars in the Middle East don’t go well for presidents, for the country, and we have not heard articulated a single good reason for why now is the moment to launch yet another war in the Middle East.”
