US Senator Mark Kelly said President Trump is struggling to find a way out of the conflict with Iran. Speaking to ABC News, Kelly said ordinary Americans are paying the cost of the war as petrol and food prices rise. The source does not specify when or where the remarks were made beyond the ABC News interview.

Kelly said Trump faces limited options: escalating the conflict by sending ground troops, fully withdrawing from the war, or applying economic pressure while seeking to rebuild alliances with European partners. He warned that deploying ground forces could result in the deaths of thousands of Americans.

Calling the situation a crisis of Trump’s own making, Kelly said the president’s belief that he knows more than others had left him with few good choices. He also said bombing, which he stated has in some cases killed innocent Iranian children, was not a good plan. Kelly described economic measures and rebuilding alliances as comparatively better than sending ground forces.