Jack Reed: “In order to implement this program, you have to get changes in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act…”

President Trump has been explicit about his desire to extract Venezuela's oil," Reed said in a statement.

A blatant abuse of power and taxpayer dollars.

When President Trump cuts military exercises to flatter a dictator or punishes South Korea for declining to join a war he started, all of our allies – and adversaries – think that America’s commitments are negotiable.

Six months later, not a single objective has been achieved. Indeed, he has weakened our position in the Middle East and the world significantly.