Author: Buck Banks
Showdown Show Time
Trump conducts foreign policy like a reality TV show,
On bombing Iran: “I may do it. I may not do it. Nobody knows …”
The fake suspense is the thing,
And like puppets on a string,
The media obediently record Trump’s swaggering braggadocio.
Majority Opposes U.S. Military Involvement with Iran
60%
A new Economist/YouGov poll finds 60% of Americans think the U.S. military should not get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran. Only 16% support U.S. military action, and 24% are unsure.
Trump Is Incapable of Being an Effective Wartime President
“I noted over the weekend several reasons why Donald Trump himself, his presidency, and his administration overall are nowhere near prepared for the Iran/Israel situation. … But the more that it becomes an Iran/US situation, the more it’s important to add one more important point: Trump is absolutely, utterly unprepared to rally the nation around a war effort. And nothing we’ve seen in the last ten years even hints that he’s capable of it.”
— Jonathan Bernstein
Americans Oppose Attacking Iran
45%
A new Washington Post poll finds Americans opposing U.S. airstrikes against Iran by a 20 percentage-point margin — 45 percent to 25 percent — with a sizable 30 percent saying they are unsure.
Trump Remains Wildly Unpopular with Voters
43% to 37%
Americans broadly disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as president and favor Democratic U.S. House candidates for the 2026 midterms by 8 points, 45% to 37%, a new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds. The president is underwater on 10 out of 11 issues.Even Trump’s Base Opposes War with Iran
16%
An Economist/YouGov poll found that only 16% of U.S. adults and less than a quarter of Republicans think the U.S. should get involved in the conflict between Iran and Israel. Trump voters are even less enthusiastic than Republicans as a whole. Only 19% of 2024 Trump voters support U.S. involvement.
A Decade of Trumpism
“Conventional political analyses do not come close to describing the way our world has been turned on its head. Yes, the GOP lost its spine and its balls; Democrats flailed; the electorate realigned. The enter>tainment wing of the GOP routed the establishment. Much of the rest of the media has been enshittified. … But that really doesn’t capture the velocity or the scope of the transformation. It’s not just our politics. America has become dumber, crueler, crazier, and more violent. To much of the rest of the world, we have become unrecognizable.”
— Charlie Sykes
Ungrateful States of America
So Trump’s new rules mean the Veterans Administration
Can deny care based on political party affiliation.
Hey, Democrat vets,
Here’s what you get:
No treatment AND discrimination from an ungrateful nation.
