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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, set to become majority leader in January, laid out an aggressive plan Wednesday to confront President Trump after Democrats won control of the Senate."Whenever Trump defies the will of the American people or the law, we will launch investigations, take him to court, and entangle him in legislative razor wire," Schumer said at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee office, CBS News reported.Schumer also called President Trump "the most corrupt president in American history" and said elections are "the strongest lever Americans have to counter a wannabe king," according to the New York Post. He declared, "The days of Trump's supplicant Senate are over!"The New York Democrat vowed to end the war in Iran and said Democrats would work to lower costs "with the president or without him. Period." The Post reported that he brushed off reporters' attempts to ask questions.Senate Republicans pushed back. GOP Whip John Barrasso said he is "here for the fight" and vowed to "aggressively oppose terrible ideas that drive our country toward the socialism Democrats embrace."