Trump’s war on Iran is unpopular and expensive. He’s perfectly OK with that

The Guardian reports that Donald Trump appears untroubled by the political cost of the war with Iran, brushing off its mounting death toll and expense with the line that it won't have any impact on him. With midterm elections less than four months away, Republicans in both the House and the Senate are described as increasingly fearful of losing their seats, weighed down by an unpopular president and a war that may be even less popular still. Even Trump's own base, the piece notes, is beginning to turn against the conflict. The column's central question is whether the president is a team player at all, or whether his party is simply left to absorb the damage on its own.

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