Trump’s Iran War Approval Falls to -40 as 68% Say Conflict Is Not Worth It
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Jul 21
Trump’s Iran War Approval Falls to -40 as 68% Say Conflict Is Not Worth It
3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Jul 21
Summary
-40 net approval in a Washington Post poll marks Trump’s worst rating yet on the Iran war, which CNN’s Harry Enten called historically unpopular.
Four U.S. service members were killed over the weekend in Jordan and Iraq after Iran retaliated against U.S. bases following the ceasefire’s collapse, bringing the confirmed U.S. military death toll to 17.
$100 billion in household costs and gasoline prices creeping back toward $5 a gallon have deepened public frustration after the Strait of Hormuz blockade and renewed U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports.
68% of Americans now say the war is not worth fighting—worse than 58% during the Iraq War in 2006—while 77% of independents and 63% of GOP-leaning independents also oppose it.
November’s midterms could turn that backlash into political damage for Republicans, who are defending narrow House and Senate majorities without Trump himself on the ballot.