Tate Brown

And that's worked very well thus far through both Trump administrations.

That's kind of a miscalculation with Iran.

To your point, they're driven by things that are sort of detached from like tangible assets.

Right.

We're talking like oil, energy.

Right.

economics by and large, they're driven by fanaticism.

And I think that is the point that these really, these Iranian hawks are making that's correct is they are driven by fanaticism.

That's an argument against getting into a prolonged war with them because again, like you said, Iran, victory for them is just surviving.

Yeah.

Well, I mean, I'm not tuning into like the Theo Vaughn show for like a nuanced take on geopolitics, but like it is worthwhile.

Like

I think the useful polling that we would need to see is what did first time Trump voters, what do they think about the war?

I think that would give you an indication of like the status of the coalition.

Cause you know, everyone's declaring that the 2024 coalition is dead, et cetera, et cetera.

And you do see polling like within MAGA, it has a hundred percent support.

It's like,

Yeah, because that's what it selects for.

It selects for people that are in favor of decisions Trump makes.

So, again, if you're against the Iran war, then you're probably not considered part of the MAGA polling group anymore.