--- title: U.S. Senators React to Intensifying Conflict Between Israel and Iran | TIME description: As the war between Israel and Iran rages on for a fifth day, it is unclear whether the Trump Administration is preparing to intervene militarily. On Monday, U.S. forces were sent to the Middle East, ostensibly for “defensive” purposes, as Donald Trump left the G7 summit early and warned Tehran to evacuate. But whether the U.S. gets more involved than it already is, some members of Congress from both parties argue, is not a decision that should be up to the President. canonical: https://time.com/video/MnoERXpW/ og:title: U.S. Senators React to Intensifying Conflict Between Israel and Iran og:description: As the war between Israel and Iran rages on for a fifth day, it is unclear whether the Trump Administration is preparing to intervene militarily. On Monday, U.S. forces were sent to the Middle East, ostensibly for “defensive” purposes, as Donald Trump left the G7 summit early and warned Tehran to evacuate. But whether the U.S. gets more involved than it already is, some members of Congress from both parties argue, is not a decision that should be up to the President. og:url: https://time.com/video/MnoERXpW/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/MnoERXpW/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.S. Senators React to Intensifying Conflict Between Israel and Iran twitter:description: As the war between Israel and Iran rages on for a fifth day, it is unclear whether the Trump Administration is preparing to intervene militarily. On Monday, U.S. forces were sent to the Middle East, ostensibly for “defensive” purposes, as Donald Trump left the G7 summit early and warned Tehran to evacuate. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: U.S. Senators React to Intensifying Conflict Between Israel and Iran [Watch (HLS stream): U.S. Senators React to Intensifying Conflict Between Israel and Iran](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/MnoERXpW.m3u8) (1:28)  _Published 2025-06-17. As the war between Israel and Iran rages on for a fifth day, it is unclear whether the Trump Administration is preparing to intervene militarily. On Monday, U.S. forces were sent to the Middle East, ostensibly for “defensive” purposes, as Donald Trump left the G7 summit early and warned Tehran to evacuate. But whether the U.S. gets more involved than it already is, some members of Congress from both parties argue, is not a decision that should be up to the President._ --- Jun 17, 2025 7:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Trump Won't Say Whether He Will Move Forward With U.S. Strikes on Iran](/video/DRgmof6Y/) ### Trump Won't Say Whether He Will Move Forward With U.S. Strikes on Iran [The Intricacies of U.S. Involvement for Israel and Ukraine](/video/4GppEBmH/) ### The Intricacies of U.S. Involvement for Israel and Ukraine [Why Is Tennis Scored So Weirdly?](/video/lmEqspYj/) ### Why Is Tennis Scored So Weirdly? --- ## Transcript Israel's right to defend itself against this existential menace. A nuclear armed Iran is a threat to the world, not just to Israel. It's a threat to the United States. I'm very concerned about the safety of United States personnel, military and civilian, in the area. People have been contacting me in droves about relatives who are visiting or who lived there. And, uh, I am hopeful that diplomacy will work. I support the president's efforts to bring the parties to the table and to avoid escalating or widening the conflict. I trust President Trump on this. I think he's reoriented American foreign policy in a positive way. I think Israel is doing everything that they need to do to defend themselves. And clearly they view Iran as an existential threat that has, um, has designs on nuclear weapons and has, you know, threw a bunch of proxies, attacked the Israeli people, um, most tragically, on October 7th. I think Iran is in the weakest position. It's been in a very long time. And Israel's doing, um, exactly what they need to do. You know, the. Danger, of course, is the escalation could involve the United States interest. Uh, we've got to be extremely careful. Are you supporting Tim Kaine's war powers Act? Yes. 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