Sen. Gary Peters on Trump, Iran, and Democrats' Fight to Retake the Senate

The retiring Democratic Senator says Trump’s war of choice has created an economic mess — and warns Democrats not to be complacent about Michigan's Senate seat.

MACKINAC ISLAND — U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Michigan) has spent almost two decades in Congress, passing legislation across party lines and keeping his head down when politics got ugly. Now, in the final months of his Senate career, he’s in a different mode.

The Iran war. A wide-open Senate primary to replace him. A Republican Party he says has abandoned a…