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Brian Schatz: “There is no coherent strategy, much less an attempt to…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Senator Brian Schatz at J Street's 2026 National Convention

Published | Video Starts at 02:12

But what we've seen in the past two months alone is a president eager to use kinetic force, not as a last resort, but because it's available to him. There is no coherent strategy, much less an attempt to explain to Americans why we are getting involved militarily all around the world. and, and how it serves our interests and what comes next. I don't know if there has ever been a time when a United States president has decided something so monumental without so much as bothering to explain it to anybody. (02:12–02:22)

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Asserts that the Trump administration lacks a clear military strategy and fails to justify military involvement globally.

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