Congressional Democrats plan Oman war powers push after Trump threatens bombing

Congressional Democrats are planning a new push to constrain President Trump 's war powers after he threatened to "bomb the shit" out of Oman on Monday.

Why it matters: War powers resolutions, though largely symbolic, have become Democrats' go-to tool for trying to rein in what they see as a far too trigger-happy administration.

"At this point we may just need to file war powers resolutions for the 192 other countries," Rep.

Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) told Axios.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Driving the news: Sen.

Tim Kaine (D-Va.) announced in a statement on Monday afternoon that he will introduce an Oman war powers resolution when the Senate returns to session next month.

Kaine noted that the the U.S.

"has a strong diplomatic relationship and a free trade agreement" with Oman and argued that Trump's threats work to the benefit of "real adversaries" such as Russia and China.

The Virginia Democrat said he hopes to "find some Republican colleagues to join with Democrats and check this blindly stumbling power-drunk President from inflicting more damage on the U.S. and the world." Catch up quick: Trump issued his threat to the gulf country, an American ally which has been involved in efforts to broker a deal to end the U.S.-Iran war, in an interview with Fox News .

"If Oman gets in the way" of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the president said in the phone interview, "we'll bomb the shit out of them." Asked by reporters later on Monday if he is out of patience with Oman, Trump said, "I don't think they've behaved very well, but we'd handle them very easily, just like we do other things."