Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has had enough. On Wednesday, he took to X to accuse President Donald Trump of dragging the U.S. into a costly war with Iran, and he didn't mince words about Republicans who have rejected Democratic efforts to end the conflict.

"For eight months, American families have been buried by the heavy cost of Trump's disastrous war in Iran," Schumer wrote. He didn't stop there: "Twenty-one service members have died and hundreds more have been wounded. Prices are skyrocketing, and families are struggling to make ends meet."

Schumer also pointed out that Democrats had given Republicans "14 chances to hold Trump accountable and end this reckless war," accusing them of refusing to act. "Trump and his ego led us into this war with no plan, no authority and no exit strategy," he wrote. The Senate Minority Leader vowed that Democrats would keep pushing to end the conflict and "stop the costs, chaos, and corruption seeping from the White House."

Lawmakers Criticize Trump's Iran War Strategy

Schumer isn't the only one raising alarms. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) criticized Trump's remarks that the Iran war could end whenever he wanted, arguing that the Constitution prohibited the executive branch from waging war without congressional authorization. Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned what the U.S. had accomplished during the nearly eight-month war, saying, "Nobody can seem to explain what this war has accomplished or when it will end." Last month, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) criticized Trump's handling of the war, saying the administration entered the conflict "without a strategic goal, without a plan, without a timeline, without an exit strategy."

Iran War Peace Talks and Rising Military Costs

On Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance contacted Iran's top security official, Mohsen Rezaei, to revive peace negotiations, offering to lead talks in Qatar or Turkey. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran remained open to diplomacy while insisting on meeting its seven demands and conditions.

Meanwhile, the price tag keeps climbing. Trump's war against Iran had cost the U.S. military more than $47 billion, exceeding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's July estimate of $37.5 billion by over 25%, according to Pentagon data obtained by Reuters. That's a lot of money for a war that, as Schumer put it, has "no plan, no authority and no exit strategy."