Tamara Keith

And on Air Force One, he was asked, are you worried about gas prices?

And he said no.

And in fact, during that short Q&A with reporters, he described the war as an excursion three separate times.

So it wasn't an accident.

He was using that word.

And I think that the way he has approached this war is the way that he

has approached other military interventions that the U.S.

government has taken during his second term, which is thinking of it as a short-term, low-commitment situation.

But going into a war with Iran is very different than a one-night mission to extract Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela.

Right.

I'm not sure that it will.

I mean, if he was worried about public approval,

of this war, then he would have tried to sell it to the public before it was launched.

Traditionally, presidents, administrations have both tried to sell military action to the American people and to the broader world and allies.

President Trump really didn't do that.

This is a moment in politics and certainly the second Trump term where he doesn't do a lot of explaining and figures the base will be with him.

And you know what?

Our numbers prove it out.

The base is with him.

So I guess what I would say is this this may take some time for him to figure out whether he can extract himself from this the way he did from other excursions.