Jack Reed: “The situation in the Middle East presents a deeply complex problem set, and it is a near certainty that the problems…”

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

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

When he unilaterally launched this war, Trump promised he would destroy Iran's nuclear program, eliminate its missile and drone arsenal, dismantle its defense industrial base, wipe out its proxy networks, and topple the regime in a matter…

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.