Buck Banks, Author at Pensito

Most Americans Believe Trump Will Send Troops to War in Iran

March 21, 2026 Buck Banks

65%

“Some ?65% of Americans believe President Donald Trump will order troops into a large-scale ground war in Iran and ?just 7% support that idea, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

Strait of Newt

March 20, 2026 Buck Banks

Need a way around the Strait of Hormuz? Just ask Newt Gingrich.
We assume he didn’t know his repost was satire, which is rich.
He suggested dropping a few megatons,
And BOOM! Hormuz problem be gone!
Then you’d have a deep, wide and only slightly radioactive ditch.

Working-Class White Voters Are Abandoning Trump

March 20, 2026 Buck Banks

-26 points

G. Elliot Morris: “In our data, this group recalled voting for Trump by 22 points in 2024. But these voters now give him a net approval of -4 — or a 26-point swing against him.” “The working-class whites who powered Trump’s rise are, for the first time, opposed to how he’s handling his job as president.”

Being Trump’s Veep Is a ‘Guarantee of Humiliation’

March 20, 2026 Buck Banks

“The vice president is realizing that signing on with Donald Trump might seem like a shortcut to the top, but it’s actually a guarantee of humiliation.”

— David Graham

Hassett: Consumers Are ‘The Last of Our Concerns’

March 20, 2026 Buck Banks

“It would hurt consumers and we’d have to think about if that continued… But that’s like really the last of our concerns right now.”

— Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNBC if the Iran war “were to be extended, it wouldn’t really disrupt the U.S. economy very much at all.”

Most Say Trump’s Economy Is Getting Worse

March 20, 2026 Buck Banks

59%

A new Economist/YouGov Poll finds 59% of Americans say the economy is getting worse.

Destroy and Deal Doctrine

March 14, 2026 Buck Banks

As Trump & Co. press their war on Iran with relentless zeal,
Trump finds Marco Rubio’s “power free of principle” has appeal.
Rubio is taking his brand of neoconservatism,
And merging it with Trump’s transactionalism,
Creating regime compliance — not change — a “doctrine of destroy and deal.”

U.S. Sets $10 Million Bounty of Iran Leaders

March 14, 2026 Buck Banks

$10 million

“The United States said it was offering up to $10 million, and the potential opportunity to relocate, for information on the whereabouts of 10 senior Islamic Republic leaders,” CBS News reports.

Ossoff: Trump’s Handling of the Iran War Is a ‘Disgrace’

March 14, 2026 Buck Banks

“When American service members killed in action are returning to the United States in flagged-draped coffins, and even more Americans have lost limbs or suffered terrible brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this White House treats war like a game, and it’s a disgrace.”

Author: Buck Banks

Most Americans Believe Trump Will Send Troops to War in Iran

65%

“Some ?65% of Americans believe President Donald Trump will order troops into a large-scale ground war in Iran and ?just 7% support that idea, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

Strait of Newt

Working-Class White Voters Are Abandoning Trump

-26 points

Being Trump’s Veep Is a ‘Guarantee of Humiliation’

“The vice president is realizing that signing on with Donald Trump might seem like a shortcut to the top, but it’s actually a guarantee of humiliation.”

— David Graham

Hassett: Consumers Are ‘The Last of Our Concerns’

“It would hurt consumers and we’d have to think about if that continued… But that’s like really the last of our concerns right now.”

— Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNBC if the Iran war “were to be extended, it wouldn’t really disrupt the U.S. economy very much at all.”

Most Say Trump’s Economy Is Getting Worse

59%

A new Economist/YouGov Poll finds 59% of Americans say the economy is getting worse.

Destroy and Deal Doctrine

U.S. Sets $10 Million Bounty of Iran Leaders

$10 million

“The United States said it was offering up to $10 million, and the potential opportunity to relocate, for information on the whereabouts of 10 senior Islamic Republic leaders,” CBS News reports.

Ossoff: Trump’s Handling of the Iran War Is a ‘Disgrace’

“When American service members killed in action are returning to the United States in flagged-draped coffins, and even more Americans have lost limbs or suffered terrible brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this White House treats war like a game, and it’s a disgrace.”

— Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), on X.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”

65%

“Some ?65% of Americans believe President Donald Trump will order troops into a large-scale ground war in Iran and ?just 7% support that idea, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

“We’re over here just grinding away on banger memes, dude. There’s an entertainment factor to what we do. But ultimately, it boils down to the fact that no one has ever attempted to communicate with the American public this way before.”

— A senior White House official, quoted by Politico, on producing TikTok-style videos to promote the Iran war.

-26 points

“The vice president is realizing that signing on with Donald Trump might seem like a shortcut to the top, but it’s actually a guarantee of humiliation.”

— David Graham

“It would hurt consumers and we’d have to think about if that continued… But that’s like really the last of our concerns right now.”

— Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNBC if the Iran war “were to be extended, it wouldn’t really disrupt the U.S. economy very much at all.”

59%

A new Economist/YouGov Poll finds 59% of Americans say the economy is getting worse.

$10 million

“The United States said it was offering up to $10 million, and the potential opportunity to relocate, for information on the whereabouts of 10 senior Islamic Republic leaders,” CBS News reports.

“When American service members killed in action are returning to the United States in flagged-draped coffins, and even more Americans have lost limbs or suffered terrible brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this White House treats war like a game, and it’s a disgrace.”

— Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), on X.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%