Donald Trump maybe giving two options for himself in dealing with Iran….
His fellow party lawmakers running campaigns will just take the ‘end the war’ one…..
Two Republicans in key Senate contests, former congressman Mike Rogers in Michigan and Rep. Ashley Hinson in Iowa, called for the war to end this week, despite their earlier support for the conflict….
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Polling on the Iran war has never shown widespread support for the conflict. But as the war nears seven months, support for it has hit new lows. A CNN poll released Tuesday found just 26 percent of American adults approve of the way the president has handled the situation with Iran, down from 33 percent a month after the conflict began.
That downturn mostly has been driven by Republicans. Most Democrats have opposed the war since it began. But only 60 percent of Republicans now approve of Trump’s handling of the war, down from 73 percent in March, according to the CNN poll….
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The conflict’s political ramifications have stemmed largely from its impact on prices. Oil prices have steadily risen since the war began, as Iran has restricted shipping traffic in the critical Strait of Hormuz. This month, Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline to the Red Sea also sustained damage, further shaking the world oil market.
Analysts now predict those price jumps could intensify in the coming weeks….
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Trump has largely dismissed the rising gas prices. Campaigning for Republicans in North Carolina last week, the president called the high gas prices a “very inexpensive price to pay for what we’ve done” in Iran.
Republicans have not been eager to embrace his rhetoric, and some of Trump’s most loyal lawmakers have warned about rising diesel prices….
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