{"id":28334,"date":"2026-03-11T07:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28334"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:34:24","slug":"us-lawmakers-worry-trump-may-put-boots-on-the-ground-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-lawmakers-worry-trump-may-put-boots-on-the-ground-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"US lawmakers worry Trump may put \u2018boots on the ground\u2019 in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Democratic United States (US) Senators expressed alarm on Tuesday about the Iran war, saying they were worried that President Donald Trump could deploy US ground forces and noting the high risks \u200bgiven Russian support for Tehran\u2019s military.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe know that Russia is already helping with \u200cintel, providing that to Iran, and that there\u2019s an axis with Russia and China, Iran and North Korea that puts at greater risk the US and our national security,\u201d Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire said on \u200b<i>CNN.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking after a classified briefing from administration officials to the Senate Armed Services \u200bCommittee, Shaheen called on the administration to send officials to testify publicly in \u2060Congress.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Two sources familiar with US intelligence reports have said that Russia is providing Iran \u200bwith targeting intelligence on US bases and ships.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Shaheen and other Senators said a series of closed-door \u200bbriefings from Trump aides have left them with more questions than answers, especially about the cost and expected duration of the war, and whether US forces would be sent into Tehran.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe seem to be on a \u200bpath toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the \u200bpotential objectives here,\u201d Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut told reporters after Tuesday\u2019s classified briefing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Trump has not ruled \u200cout sending \u2060US ground troops into Iran. His Republicans, who have slim majorities in both houses of Congress, have almost unanimously backed his strategy on Iran, with only a handful expressing doubt about the war.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Blumenthal also cited the risk of Russian involvement putting American lives at risk. \u201cLiterally, Russia \u200bseems to be aiding \u200bour enemy actively and \u2060intensively with intelligence and perhaps with other means, and China also may be assisting Iran,\u201d Blumenthal said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cSo the American people deserve to know \u200bmuch more than this administration has told them about the cost \u200bof the war, \u2060the danger to our sons and daughters in uniform and the potential for further escalation and widening of this war,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The lawmakers\u2019 comments came as they awaited a request the White \u2060House \u200bis expected to make for more funding for the war. \u200bSeveral congressional aides have said they expect Trump to ask for $50 billion, although others have said that estimate seemed \u200blow.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15386,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-28334","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Trump has not ruled \u200cout sending \u2060US ground troops into Iran.","published_date":"","news_description":"Trump has not ruled \u200cout sending \u2060US ground troops into Iran.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28335,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28334\/revisions\/28335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}