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Chris Murphy: “The report suggests it's because President Trump has lost…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator Murphy on Iran War Cost: We Could Be Funding Education and Health Care With This Money

Published | Video Starts at 07:41

We are blockading the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranians are blockading the Strait of Hormuz. Peace negotiations are stuck. And so day after day after day, grocery prices climb, gas prices climb. And The report suggests it's because President Trump has lost interest in the war. What is he interested in? Well, we found out this week, instead of spending his last several weeks trying to end the war and bring down costs, the president has been engineering a novel new corruption scheme to pad his pockets and his supporters pockets. (07:41–07:47)

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Asserts that reports suggest President Trump lost interest in the Iran war.

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