Mara Liason

So what does this all amount to?

I think the president is looking for an off-ramp.

He wants to say that he accomplished his objectives.

It looks like he's reached his political pain threshold, which is $4 a gallon of gas.

And this might be the endgame of this particular excursion, as he likes to call it, but his political goals, including making sure Iran never has a nuclear weapon, there's no evidence that they have been met, and it's possible that the U.S.

and Israel will have to do this kind of thing again and again and again.

That's NPR's Mara Liason.

You're welcome.

Congress and the president have not been able to work out a compromise to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

That's causing long lines at airports because TSA agents, who are not being paid, are quitting their jobs or staying home from work.

The president has signed an emergency order allowing him to pay the TSA agents.

In addition, President Trump is dealing with the economic fallout from the war in Iran.

As long as Iran restricts shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices will continue to rise.

And that has caused the war to become even more unpopular and Trump's approval ratings to drop even further.

Polls show Trump's base is still solidly behind him, but there are cracks in his MAGA coalition.

An AP poll last week showed one quarter of Republicans saying the war has already gone too far.

Mara Liason, NPR News.

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Economically, oil prices are climbing.

They're going to continue to climb.