Clinton Urges Congress to Rein In Trump, Citing Risk of 'Irreparable Damage'

Overview

• Hillary Clinton, in a Morning Joe interview Monday, called on Republicans and the rest of Congress to curb the president before he causes irreparable harm to U.S. authority and leadership.
• She warned that he has grown more willing to use military force and said he appears to relish ordering strikes, pointing to actions against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and Iran.
• Clinton condemned recent social media threats toward Iran as unhinged and said a president’s words can trigger real-world risks that put U.S. troops and allies in danger.
• She said she backed last year’s bombing of Iran but called the current approach incoherent and argued the U.S. has lost leverage, including around the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane.
• Teaching at Columbia, she cited a concept called the domain of loss to argue leaders take bigger risks when they feel they are losing, then pointed to the midterms as a route to restore oversight and accountability.