How Is Trump’s War Playing In US Politics?

Mar 2, 2026 | 21:24 IST

MAGA voters and Trump-voting independents are America First and anti-war in policy priorities. Trump didn’t prepare them for this war with a plausible, comprehensive articulation of either its necessity or regime change’s probable consequences

Director, Democracy Institute, Washington

Iran’s military resources, tactical dexterity and geographic, demographic and cultural strengths are lost on Trump – to his and Republican Party’s electoral cost. Trump isn’t the first American president to chase Fool’s Gold of regime change across West Asia. But his foreign policy folly is the most unexpected.

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How Is Trump’s War Playing In US Politics?

MAGA voters and Trump-voting independents are America First and anti-war in policy priorities. Trump didn’t prepare them for this war with a plausible, comprehensive articulation of either its necessity or regime change’s probable consequences

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How Is Trump’s War Playing In US Politics?

MAGA voters and Trump-voting independents are America First and anti-war in policy priorities. Trump didn’t prepare them for this war with a plausible, comprehensive articulation of either its necessity or regime change’s probable consequences

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