Instead, he has given us higher costs and a new, costly war in the Middle East. It is hard to imagine a more straightforward betrayal. This president sent our kids into a war of choice from his beach club in Florida without clear objectives or any sense of an end game, and without any authorization from Congress. No debate, no public hearings, no justification to the American people. My thoughts go out to the families of the service members who have already been killed in Trump's war. (00:18–00:34)
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Asserts that Trump initiated a war without congressional authorization or clear objectives.
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