Jack Reed: “So a failure to raise the debt ceiling would be probably the most significant and immediate increase in the deficit that…”

President Trump’s effort to turn the U.S. military into an investor in Venezuelan oil is 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.

A blatant abuse of power and taxpayer dollars.