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One week into President Trump’s war against Iran, members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation paint a bleak picture of the campaign.
Appearing at a Hartford press conference, Democratic senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and Rep. John Larson (D-CT1) called the campaign illegal and unpopular, lacking definitive goals and plagued by bleak operational options that could get thousands of U.S. troops killed.
Connecticut’s two United States senators and Hartford’s Congressman joined at the state Capitol on Friday to voice strong opposition to President Donald Trump’s decision to start a war against Iran.
The Democrats said the war was flatly illegal as Trump did not seek the approval of Congress.
HARTFORD, CT — Nearly a week into what Connecticut’s congressional delegation calls the most significant American military action in the Middle East since the Iraq War, the state’s U.S. senators and a House member accused President Donald Trump of waging an illegal war without congressional authorization and warned the conflict could escalate into a ground invasion, costing thousands of American lives and trillions of dollars.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after three U.S. servicemembers were killed in the attack against Iran and five were seriously injured.
HARTFORD, Conn. — The United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran on Saturday. President Donald Trump said it was a massive operation to destroy the country’s military capabilities and eliminate the threat of it creating a nuclear weapon.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, and President Trump threatened to overthrow the Iranian regime.
NUUK, Greenland — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland.
Trump said in a social media post that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland would face the tariff and that it would climb to 25% on June 1 if a deal is not in place for “the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland” by the United States.