Noel King

The time to strike is now.

And I also want to emphasize that President Trump's coalition, his MAGA coalition, has not been that open to some of this military adventurism.

A lot of them pointing to the fact that it goes against America first.

It betrays America first.

That President Trump is fixated on overseas conflicts and not paying enough attention to the economy and other issues.

that are weighing heavily on the minds of Americans.

And...

Folks I speak to in the White House say that, yes, they are concerned that the president's focus on some of these overseas operations could ultimately come back to haunt Republicans, certainly, who are on the ticket this November.

But at the end of the day, I think there is a sense, especially among those who are advocating for these military operations, that it's like ripping off a Band-Aid.

You get them done quickly,

One, two, three, punch.

And that way, come summertime, the president can go out there when he's on the trail campaigning for some of these people in the ballot to say, look at what Republicans have given you.

We've given you victory overseas.

America's safer now because we did this.

And the memory of those military operations, the strain that they brought, will be behind them at that point.

And they can focus on domestic issues.

Whether or not that works out remains to be seen.

But that is definitely the objective that they're looking to achieve.

That was The Atlantic's Vivian Salama.

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