American politicians are questioning Trump’s mental health
The Guardian reports this.
This comes against the backdrop of a new deadline set by Washington for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. In response to the US president’s latest threats, Iran stated that Trump had ‘resorted to obscenities and nonsense out of sheer desperation and anger’. They added that they would only open the sea route after receiving compensation for war damages, paid through a “new legal regime” based on transit fees.
Meanwhile, Trump’s latest statements have sparked a storm of reaction among American politicians. Former ally of the US president, Marjorie Taylor Greene, stated that everyone in the Trump administration who calls themselves a Christian should ‘ask God for forgiveness’ and intervene in the president’s ‘madness’.
“The Strait is closed because the US and Israel have launched an unprovoked war against Iran, based on the very same nuclear lie they have been peddling for decades—that Iran is on the verge of developing nuclear weapons,” Green wrote, adding that Israel has the resources to defend itself, whereas US strikes harm the Iranian people.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer noted that Trump’s statement resembled the rant of a “raving madman”.
“He is threatening potential war crimes and alienating allies. That’s him, but that’s not us. Our country deserves much better,” Schumer wrote.
Independent US Senator Bernie Sanders described the US president’s threats as “the ravings of a dangerous and mentally unstable man” and called on Congress to “act now” and “put an end to this war”.
Senator Chris Murphy, commenting on Trump’s statements, referred to the 25th Amendment regarding the president’s incapacity to perform his duties.
Democratic Party representative Ro Khanna stated that the US president’s remarks were “putting American troops in Iran at risk” and called for an immediate end to the war.
Another Democrat, US Marine Corps veteran Jake Ochincloss, told Fox News: “Iran recognises that, in fact, their control of the Strait is even more strategically important to them than the development of nuclear weapons.” He added: “Strategically, this war has failed.”
