Rand Paul: US 'Worse Off' After Iran War
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- Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told reporters Wednesday the U.S. is "worse off" than it was before President Trump launched the war with Iran in late February.
- Paul has voted repeatedly for resolutions to withdraw U.S. troops from the Iran conflict, and told reporters "I think the Iran war has not been a suc[cess]" — with the quote truncated in the source.
Why it matters: A sitting Republican senator publicly breaking with the president's war — and Paul has voted repeatedly for troop withdrawal resolutions — signals rare intraparty friction over the conflict's direction. His "worse off" verdict directly contradicts the framing that the war is achieving its stated goals.
