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Chris Murphy: “Donald Trump has lost this war. America is weaker. Iran is…”

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Chris Murphy says he'd 'support a bad deal' with Iran because 'war needs to end': Full interview

Published August 9, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:54

Is there any deal that could be negotiated that you would support, that you would get behind in order to say, this is good enough now to end the war and declare victory and move on? So Donald Trump has lost this war. America is weaker. Iran is stronger. The price to reopen the strait increases by the day. The supposed deal that's on the table right now would pay Iran $100 million. (05:54–06:00)

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Asserts that Donald Trump has lost the war, weakening America and strengthening Iran.

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“The supposed deal that's on the table right now would pay Iran $100 billion a year in order to reopen the strait.”
Chris Murphy says he'd 'support a bad deal' with Iran because 'war needs to end': Full interview | Uploaded August 9, 2026 | 06:04-06:11
“That is one third of Iran's entire economy.”
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“Filling up lunchboxes this year is going to cost [families] $4,000 more than it did last year.”
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“We have used up almost all of our interceptors, the majority of our Tomahawks.”
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“Corporations have too much power. Workers have too little. Our politics are rigged. That's why prices are so high.”
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“Donald Trump's corruption should be unacceptable and the Senate should be a place that ends it.”
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“People are sick and tired of pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies having all the power.”
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“The current system is rigged to benefit the big health care insurance companies.”
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“Everyone in this country should have access to the Medicare plan, every business, every individual.”
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“The only reason that they don't have that access is because our politics are bought off by those insurance and drug companies.”
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“Mike Rogers is going to represent only one person in the United States Senate, Donald Trump.”
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“Gas prices in Michigan right now hovering around $4.20 a gallon.”
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“This election is going to be a referendum on this war that Donald Trump is losing.”
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“I want there to be a strong U.S.-Israel relationship. I support Israel. I cannot support this government's actions.”
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“Until we have a different government and a different policy in Israel, it's going to be hard for people like me...to support continuing to…”
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“Every day that the war continues, America gets weaker, Iran gets stronger, and people here in the United States get screwed as prices go up…”
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“Seven in 10 Americans want this war to end.”
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“We have put the United States in a dangerous position.”
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“We have allowed Russia and China to imagine things that they couldn't have imagined earlier because of our inability to defend ourselves and…”
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