US Senator Chris Murphy has said that President Donald Trump has lost control over the ongoing war with Iran. In a series of posts on social media platform X, the Democratic senator warned that the conflict initiated by the United States and Israel has pushed the Middle East into a rapidly worsening crisis.

Murphy stated that the war has already trapped the region in a cycle of violence and that Trump misjudged Iran’s capacity to retaliate. He described the situation as one where the entire region is now burning. The senator also pointed to the Strait of Hormuz as the first major flashpoint, noting that it is a narrow waterway through which more than 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas supply passes.

The report also mentioned related developments, including a drone attack on the US embassy in Baghdad, an airstrike by Pakistan in Afghanistan that killed 400 people, and the deaths of 13 US soldiers with 200 injured in the Iran conflict.