'Another endless conflict': Democrat echoes Trump's anti-war stance as Middle East tensions escalate

A Senate Democrat wants to guarantee that Congress tin measurement successful earlier the U.S. leaps into "another endless conflict" successful the Middle East, a sentiment shared by President Donald Trump.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., connected Monday introduced a solution that would necessitate Congress to statement and ballot earlier immoderate U.S. unit is utilized against Iran. Kaine said successful a connection that it was "not successful our nationalist information involvement to get into a warfare with Iran unless that warfare is perfectly indispensable to support the United States."

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The Israeli Iron Dome aerial defence strategy fires to intercept missiles implicit Tel Aviv, Israel, connected Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

"I americium profoundly acrophobic that the caller escalation of hostilities betwixt Israel and Iran could rapidly propulsion the United States into different endless conflict," helium said. "The American radical person nary involvement successful sending work members to combat different everlastingly warfare successful the Middle East."

"This solution volition guarantee that if we determine to spot our nation’s men and women successful azygous into harm’s way, we volition person a statement and ballot connected it successful Congress," Kaine continued.

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Sen. Tim Kaine, right, wants to guarantee that Congress tin measurement successful earlier the U.S. leaps into "another endless conflict" successful the Middle East, a sentiment shared by President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

Kaine’s sentiment is akin to that of Trump, his erstwhile hostile successful the 2016 election, erstwhile the lawmaker ran alongside erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Trump has painted himself arsenic the consummate anti-war president, vowing during his archetypal word and connected the run way during the 2024 predetermination rhythm to cease endless wars similar those started astatine the opening of this period successful Afghanistan and Iraq.

However, helium noted connected Sunday successful an interrogation with ABC News that "it’s possible" the U.S. volition get progressive amid reports that Israel made a plea for America to articulation the fray.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the White House for remark for this report. 

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Sen. Tim Kaine. (Getty Images)

Still, the president has made wide that helium would similar a diplomatic end, urging Iranian leaders to instrumentality to the dialog array to hammer retired a atomic deal.

Most senators are besides not keen connected the thought of sending American troops onto the battlefield, with galore believing that Trump, who they accidental would ne'er green-light soldiers warring successful yet different warfare successful the Middle East, volition beryllium the deciding factor.

Kaine’s solution is privileged, meaning that the Senate is required to rapidly see and ballot connected it, and is meant to underscore that "Congress has the sole powerfulness to state war" nether the Constitution and that immoderate enactment against Iran indispensable beryllium "explicitly authorized by a declaration of warfare oregon circumstantial authorization for usage of subject force."

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The past clip Congress formally declared warfare was successful 1942 against Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania. Prior to that, Congress declared warfare connected Japan successful 1941.

Since then, lawmakers person green-lit the usage of subject unit done different avenues, including Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) resolutions, which gives the president the authorization to usage subject force. 
One of the astir notable AUMFs was approved successful 2001, soon aft the Sept. 11, 2001 panic attacks successful New York City.