International security

Schumer: Trump unlikely to get OK on more military acts

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says Congress is unlikely to greenlight more military force for President Trump after his missile strike in Syria.

“I think Congress would be opposed to that,” he told reporters. "I think he’d need the Congress’s OK to go ahead and do it.”

“I think the view of most, if not all, in my caucus is very, very dubious of the kind of large-scale military action we saw in Iraq, and dubious of military action generally,” Schumer added.

“And I, for one, am really, really wary and worried about getting committed to another land war and making the same mistake that we did in Iraq.”

Democrats and Republicans alike have urged Trump to obtain congressional approval for any further military force following last week’s missile strike in Syria.