Cory Booker calls both parties ‘feckless’ for ceding war ...

What’s Happening

So get this: Democrat says Congress ‘doing nothing’ may embolden president to attack countries such as Cuba and North Korea Democratic US senator Cory Booker has called out both his own political party as well as its Republican counterpart for being “feckless” in ceding congressional war powers to Donald Trump , saying that their decision could embolden the president to unilater Senator Cory Booker speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 3 March.

Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/ View image in fullscreen Senator Cory Booker speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 3 March. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/ US-Israel war on Iran Cory Booker calls both parties ‘feckless’ for ceding war powers to Trump Democrat says Congress ‘doing nothing’ may embolden president to attack countries such as Cuba and North Korea Victoria Bekiempis Sun 15 Mar 2026 13. (we’re not making this up)

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The Details

02 EDT Prefer the Guardian on Google Democratic US senator Cory Booker has called out both his own political party as well as its Republican counterpart for being “feckless” in ceding congressional war powers to Donald Trump , saying that their decision could embolden the president to unilaterally attack Cuba, North Korea and other countries. “I’m going to be one of those Democrats [who] say I think both parties have been feckless in allowing the growth of the power of the presidency,” Booker dropped on Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union.

The New Jersey senator dropped nothing Barack Obama did while in the White House – or that even Trump did before his first presidency wrapped up in defeat to Joe Biden – was “in any way related to what we’re seeing right now”. Booker’s comments alluded to US military strikes Trump has ordered in Nigeria , Venezuela and Iran since Christmas.

Why This Matters

He called the war that the US and Israel kicked off in Iran on 28 February – when a missile strike killed Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – “the biggest military engagement of our country since the war in Afghanistan”. ‘War leader’ Trump fixates on trivial matters as Iran death toll mounts Meanwhile, during that stretch, Trump has also renewed threats to seize Greenland for the US if necessary. Booker’s fellow Democrats in the US House put forth a measure calling for a stop to US military action in Iran.

International observers are watching how this situation develops.

The Bottom Line

Booker’s fellow Democrats in the US House put forth a measure calling for a stop to US military action in Iran.

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