"Donald Trump is waging an illegal war"

"It is so much worse than you thought." said Elizabeth Warren after walking out of a classified briefing on Trump's Iran war. Senators are TERRIFIED and you should be too.

Warren said the Trump administration has no plan in Iran, that the war is based on lies, and that it was launched without any imminent threat to the country. She didn't mince words. She said she's angry. She said she feels grief for the people already dead. And she promised to fight to end it. She wasn't alone.

Senator Chris Murphy called it "a multi-trillion-dollar, open-ended conflict with a very confusing and constantly shifting set of goals." Senator Blumenthal told reporters he's "more fearful than ever" that U.S. ground troops are coming.

Senator Van Hollen said the administration couldn't even get their story straight behind closed doors, calling it "complete incoherence" with "constantly shifting narratives." Senator Markey said the briefing "confirmed what we already knew: Donald Trump is waging an illegal war, and he has no plan to end it."

These are sitting U.S. senators who just saw the classified intelligence, and they came out looking like they'd seen a ghost. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spent his Wednesday briefing bragging about "death and destruction from the sky all day long" and saying the U.S. is "punching them while they're down, which is exactly how it should be." He also found time to whine about press coverage.

Six American service members are already dead. The administration's justification for the war, that Iran was preparing an unprovoked attack on U.S. forces, has never been backed by official intelligence assessments. Rubio's own explanation amounted to saying the "imminent threat" was that Iran might retaliate if attacked, which is not a threat, it's a consequence of your own decision.

Trump promised no more forever wars. Five days in, senators with security clearances are warning us this has no endgame, no justification, and no exit. The only plan appears to be more bombs. Remember this the next time someone tells you elections don't matter.

-The Other 98%