{"id":631234,"date":"2026-03-04T08:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/631234\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:57:14","slug":"schumer-caught-in-major-gaffe-after-he-mistakenly-says-we-dont-want-a-nuclear-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/631234\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer Caught In Major Gaffe After He Mistakenly Says We \u2018Don\u2019t Want A Nuclear Israel\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) experienced a major slip-of-the-tongue Tuesday afternoon while being questioned by reporters about the U.S. war against Iran. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When asked if he felt Israel had forced the U.S.\u2019s hand in joining a military campaign, Schumer said: \u201cNo one wants a nuclear war, no one wants a nuclear Israel, but we certainly don\u2019t want endless war, plain and simple.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As the senator began to walk away from the gaggle, the reporter quickly asked him to clarify his statement.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhat did I say?\u201d Schumer asked, eliciting a number of laughs from the group of reporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then, he quickly corrected himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOh, no! Let me say that again,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cNo one wants an endless war, but we certainly don\u2019t want a nuclear Iran, that\u2019s for sure, okay?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/support?utm_campaign=yahoo-rr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Support HuffPost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Support HuffPost<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Political Updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/schumer-caught-major-gaffe-nuclear-israel_n_69a79c03e4b0b7f2ce5fd517?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read the original on HuffPost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Read the original on HuffPost<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) experienced a major slip-of-the-tongue Tuesday afternoon while being questioned by reporters about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":631235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,14964,269216,171,99,269217,76195,67,132,68,267066],"class_list":["post-631234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-chuck-schumer","tag-endless-war","tag-entertainment","tag-israel","tag-nuclear-iran","tag-nuclear-war","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-war-with-iran"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116170080311027894","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}