Jeffrey Sachs

but not on the basis of a gut, not on the basis of a whim, not on the basis of, I believe that Iran is like Venezuela, which I think was part of the idea, not on the basis of Netanyahu spinning some absurd yarn or Mossad spinning some absurd yarn to one person with a group of sycophants

listening in and saying, well, I don't know, it looks doubtful, but I will follow you, Mr. President.

That is not the kind of deliberative process that keeps us in safety.

I think the degradation of our political system is so deep right now that maybe there is no...

No chance for that.

But I do every day plead with the congressional leaders to do their constitutional duty because they're not doing it right now.

I know.

And it's not, you know, be good and go tell Trump.

They're...

a co-equal branch of government that under Article I of the Constitution assigns them the responsibility for war, for the declaration of war.

It's not even shared.

They are the only branch that can declare war.

And when, I don't know how many umpteen times now, the Republicans all but one

All but the best Republican senator by far, Rand Paul.

I regard him as the best senator in the whole Senate.

And all the Democrats on the other side, but one, John Fetterman, who I regard as weird in his complete, total ignorance.

allegiance to Israel's reckless agenda, vote that Congress should not have any oversight over this war, completely contrary to the whole framework of the Constitution.

it shows how degraded we have become.

Very high levels of deliberation.

Very rational processes.