Democrats have wielded harsh criticism of US President Donald Trump’s war on Iran during the hearing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Al Jazeera reports.

“Let’s face it, Mr Secretary, the Trump foreign policy has become a dumpster fire,” says Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, calling the war “stupid and reckless”.

Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey and one of the most outspoken critics of the war, says Iranians were “finding ways to leverage” the “economic havoc” wrought by the Strait of Hormuz closure.

“Our adversary and our enemy who’s causing havoc in the region … has discovered, thanks to you all, the power of shutting down the Strait of Hormuz,” Booker adds. “This ill-conceived war never should have happened.”