US Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) speaks alongside Senate Democrats at a press conference on the Iran War Powers Resolution at the US Capitol Building on April 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo: AFP)
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US Senator Chris Murphy has delivered a scathing assessment of the ongoing war on Iran, declaring that President Donald Trump “has lost this war” and warning that every day the fighting continues, the United States grows weaker while Iran grows stronger.
In an interview on NBC News, the Democratic senator from Connecticut argued that the administration is facing a dire strategic reality, urging an immediate end to the hostilities even if it means accepting highly unfavorable terms.
Murphy highlighted that the cost to reopen the Strait of Hormuz increases daily, noting that a proposed deal currently on the table would effectively pay Iran $100 billion a year to reopen the critical waterway.
“What a victory for Iran,” Murphy remarked. “At the end of this war, they get paid to reopen the Strait, they get paid to rebuild their military, they get paid to rebuild their support for proxies in the region.”
Acknowledging the unfavorable terms, the senator stated he is willing to accept a flawed agreement simply to stop the bleeding.
“I am prepared to support a bad deal to end this war and reopen the Strait, because the only deal that is available at this point in time is a terrible, bad deal,” he said.
The senator stressed the severe domestic economic consequences of the conflict, pointing out that ordinary Americans are bearing the brunt of the administration’s military adventurism.
“People here in the United States get screwed, as prices go up, and up, and up,” Murphy said. He noted that seven in ten Americans want the war to end, adding that “families are being bankrupted, as we speak.”
Highlighting the immediate impact on daily life, Murphy pointed out that as children return to school, “filling up lunchboxes this year is going to cost them $4,000 more than it did last year. That is mostly because of this war.”
A depleted arsenal and global vulnerability
Beyond the economic fallout, Murphy warned of the severe toll the war has taken on US military readiness. The prolonged engagement has drastically depleted America’s defensive capabilities, leaving the country vulnerable to other global adversaries.
“We have used up almost all of our interceptors, the majority of our Tomahawks,” he revealed. He cautioned that this depletion has “put the United States in a dangerous position,” arguing that the military’s overextension has “allowed Russia and China to imagine things that they couldn’t have imagined early on because of our inability to defend ourselves and our allies.”
While Democrats have repeatedly attempted to curb Trump’s war powers, efforts that have been consistently blocked by Republican majorities in Congress, Murphy drew a strict line on future military funding.
“I am not going to support funding to keep this war going,” he declared, adding that he does not expect his Democratic colleagues to fund “a continuation of a war that is destroying American credibility and destroying American families.”
However, the senator offered a conditional path forward for post-war military recovery.
“If the war comes to an end, if the president ends this war, then, yes, of course, I and my colleagues will be ready to provide the funding to replenish the stores of munitions that have been spent,” Murphy concluded. “But the priority is ending this war.”
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“will be ready to provide the funding the stores of munitions that have been spent.”
Replenish them with what? We are broke. He just said so. No country on this planet need worry about American military might anymore since it is non-existent. With children going back to school, parents don’t have any spare money for anything. , myself, have been bombarded by people begging to stay in hotels with me, random strangers even, also women who are damn near on their feet, asleep. I fell down the stairs at my last apartment in Minnesota and am in a rehab facility at the moment and the horrors I am witnessing, you would not believe. But stay tuned.
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I was worried about not hearing from you, Shelby. For me, the best outcome of the current war is if Trump apologizes for attacking Iran, and China and Russia invite the US to give up all its foreign bases and assists Americans in bringing back its factories and good paying jobs. One can always dream.
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You are right, it would be a dream. I am not doing great. I do appreciate you worrying about me. I need total knee replacement and I really don’t want it, but the knee is pretty banged up. Of course I am suing, but that’s not helping the knee. I just got out of the hospital and was sent to rehab, and since I’m not eating, I am losing weight like crazy. And because of this knee, my homeless Chronicles are at an end. But you’ll see and read lots about them when I get my keys next week and get Internet back up and running. But I am no longer in Minnesota.
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Good for you for leaving Minnesota, Hopefully you get a really good physiotherapist and they find some kind of knee brace to make it easier to move. Are you eligible for a mobility scooter?
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The hospital contacted a wheelchair provider, and the wheelchair is supposed to be delivered when I exit rehab. Before it arrives, I am going to make sure that it’s a power chair. There is no way with my rotator cuff tear in one shoulder and the other one full of bursitis that I am going to be able to move myself around. I’ll screech and holler for a power chair. The reason I fell is because the elevator was down for an entire month and they expected me to not need food or anything else and told me to call the fire department for assistance. They were some piece of work. Then a tree fell on the train I was on leaving out of Minnesota. Dr. Bramhall, you have no idea. SIGH!!! But I fell in love with Atlantic City all over again.
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