Chris Murphy: “You ought to be spending more on defense and doing all these other things not as a favor to us but as a favor to…”

I’ve been a vocal critic of Saudi Arabia and the Crown Prince. But, I think it’s important to be here to disagree and be honest and candid about those disagreements.

I plan to see for myself the damage to American facilities, hear from our partners in the Gulf about how this war has hurt their security and their economies, and assess our regional counterterrorism efforts.

Of course, I was also candid with him, in particular regarding my deep concerns about the transfer of the luxury plane.

This is part of a coordinated, deliberate campaign by the Department of Defense to hide the consequences and the true costs of the Iran war.