How right-wing and right-leaning media are split on the Iran war
Right-wing and right-leaning media remain sharply divided on President Donald Trump’s war with Iran as the conflict passes the two-month mark, with many figures either slamming the president for his “insane” conduct or arguing that continued hostilities are “far more important than just politics.” Some figures are even criticizing each other for their positions on the war.
As polling reveals that both Trump and his war are deeply unpopular among the American public, some figures on the right are panicking about “the GOP’s already bleak chances in the midterms” and arguing that “a huge number of [Trump] supporters who definitely believed him that there wouldn’t be another war … feel deeply betrayed by this.” In contrast, the conflict’s supporters have called on the president to “finish what we started,” accusing the war’s detractors of “rooting for terrorists” and “trying to destroy Trump.”
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