US senator calls Trump ‘dangerously delusional’
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- Democratic Senator Chris Murphy has sharply criticized President Donald Trump for dismissing the US war with Iran as “small potatoes” and “not a big thing.”
- Murphy cited 18 US deaths, damage to US military bases, low missile supplies, record farm bankruptcies and rising gas prices as evidence of the war’s impact.
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy has described President Donald Trump as “dangerously delusional” after Trump dismissed the US war with Iran as “small potatoes” and “not a big thing.”
In a post on X, Murphy pointed to the costs of the war, including US military deaths, damage to American bases and economic pressures facing households and farmers.
“18 Americans are dead. Billions in damage to our bases. Missile supplies catastrophically low. Farm bankruptcies at record highs. Families struggling to pay $5 gas prices. Iran stronger than ever,” Murphy wrote.
“But ‘small potatoes’,” he added. “Our president is dangerously delusional.”
Trump made the remarks at the White House on Friday after being asked about Vice President JD Vance’s earlier comments that he would not use the word “war” to describe the US fighting with Iran.
The exchange comes as the Trump administration continues to face questions over the scale, costs and objectives of the US military campaign against Tehran.
