Deepa Shivram

personnel might be on the ground.

And I should note, while all of that is happening, Iranian leaders are denying that there are ongoing negotiations with the U.S.

at all.

Right.

So for his base, Republicans are largely supportive of the war and support U.S.

military action in Iran.

But a majority of independents and, of course, Democrats oppose it.

And that's according to polling from Quinnipiac from last week.

The president continues to both

do this dance, right, of ramping up pressure on Iran, threatening more military action while also trying to push negotiations.

And whichever direction he goes in will have political consequences as well as massive impacts in the region.

And here at home, midterm elections are just about six months away.

I was talking to a Republican strategist, Alex Conant, who was telling me that

War usually just brings in a lot of uncertainty, which isn't really boding well for the administration right now.

But he says the election isn't tomorrow.

There's still time.

He wants a trade deal.

Lately, tensions between the U.S.

and China spiked again over trade when China announced they were going to further limit exports on rare earth minerals, which the U.S.

really needs for