INSTANT REACTION: Why Trump allies' criminal referral of Jack Smith 'doesn't pass the laugh test'
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Have you ever been in one of those situations where a friend starts to embarrass themselves? Maybe they had a little too much to drink. Maybe they said something they shouldn't have said. Maybe they just seem to be having a hard time keeping it all together. And you have to kind of gently cajole them into taking a little break. We've all been there at some point. And right now, that is exactly what it must feel like for MAGA Republicans trying to deal with Donald Trump and the war in Iran he started. I mean, here was longtime Trump supporter and MAGA darling Bill O'Reilly on his podcast just yesterday.
So my advice to Donald Trump is to take the next month off if you can. Get into an environment where you like, golf, and relax a little bit. You got to deal with Iran. I understand that. Everybody understands it. But you can do that on the phone, and you can do that with your people coming, but need a breather.
You need a breather, Trump. Don't you worry about all that business of governing. Go relax. Play some golf. Now, was Bill O'Reilly making that suggestion because he is genuinely concerned Trump is not okay? Maybe. Was he making it because he thinks this disastrous war will be easier to bring to an end if Trump isn't sitting in the Oval Office every day? Possibly. Or a combination of the two. It's really hard to know. But regardless of the reason, there's no question it's a bad sign for Trump that one of his biggest supporters is telling him to just take a month off from his duties as President of the United States. But that is where we are at at this point amidst the growing backlash to Trump's war in Iran.
And the thing is, Bill O'Reilly may have actually been speaking for a much larger swath of Trump supporters. A new political poll out today finds that the number of self-identified MAGA supporters who think Trump's war is worth the economic costs has dropped 13% in just the last two months. And a majority of MAGA supporters, 57%, blame Trump's war for the high cost of gas.
How is Trump’s Iran war costing him support among MAGA voters?
And we're seeing that same sentiment on the ground in key battleground states. Our very own MSNOW's Alex Tabet recently spoke with several three-time Trump voters at a gas station in North Carolina about Trump's war in Iran. Here's what they had to say.
This war has been, it's been taxing on everyone. And I'm on a fixed income and so it's, you know, other ones that are on fixed income are, I mean, I'm really feeling it. You could talk directly to the president. We know he likes to watch TV. What would you tell him about this war?
President Trump, you shouldn't have got us in this war and was going to end it fast, soon. And now you're starting all over again.
As the war Helped your life at all?
No. For one thing, it causes me angst. Makes me angry. And as I said, I'm very disillusioned. My entire family is disillusioned. And we are and were Trump supporters. But this is, to me, he's drawn a line in the sand. And that's how I feel. That's how we all feel.
That's how we all feel. Again, those were three-time Trump voters. Donald Trump is losing support for this war, even among his core base. But if you ask the president, he says everybody loves the war. I mean, here he was just this morning making that very same claim again.
Well, Americans aren't against the war. A poll just came out. Americans don't want to have gasoline prices, but they're not against the war. That just came out loud and clear in a poll.
Trump says Americans aren't against the war. That's what he claims. He says that just came out loud and clear in a poll. That's what he just said. But here's the latest Washington Post-Ipsos poll on support for Trump's war. It finds that more than two-thirds of the country, 68%, do not think Trump's war is worth fighting. Only 28% of Americans think this war is worth it.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:47
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How is Trump’s Iran war costing him support among MAGA voters?
2:47–11:50
3
What do recent polls and voter interviews reveal about public views on the Iran conflict?
11:50–25:55
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What has Trump publicly said about Iran and how have his threats escalated?
25:55–43:31
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