- United States
- Wash.
- Letter
You need to answer for what's happening in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump announced the U.S. would "take control" of the strait and charge a 20% fee on cargo — the exact policy Secretary Rubio called illegal less than a month earlier when Iran proposed it. Oil futures jumped more than 6% that same day. Gas prices are following. This isn't strategy. It's chaos with a price tag paid by American families.
Thirteen service members have died since hostilities began in February. Trump signed an MOU in June praising Iranians as "smart people" who are "not radicalized," lifted sanctions, and offered a $300 billion reconstruction framework. Then at a NATO summit he called them "scum," canceled the ceasefire, and resumed the blockade and bombings. Iran's foreign minister is mocking him on social media — and honestly, what's the counter-argument? Iran is deliberately prolonging this conflict to drive up oil prices and influence the midterms, and it's working.
I want to know where you stand. Will you demand a coherent, legally consistent Iran policy from this administration? Will you push back on a president who contradicts his own Secretary of State within weeks and reverses course on a signed agreement without explanation? The public opposes this war. Thirteen Americans are already dead. You owe your constituents a clear answer.