Trump Aides Seek 'Quiet' in Iran War as Elections Loom
White House officials are weighing sanctions and a pause in strikes as approval for the war falls to 31%, according to a late August Reuters/Ipsos poll.
- Senior aides to President Donald Trump, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are working to keep the Iran conflict "quiet" until November's midterm elections to help Republican candidates, according to four sources.
- Public support for the war has dropped to 31%, with the President's approval rating falling from 40% to 33% since the conflict began, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling, threatening Republican majorities in Congress.
- The military has used "virtually all" of its precision missile supply, and Pentagon leaders warned Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday that prolonging the war was unsustainable, according to the Washington Post.
- Despite these efforts, tit-for-tat strikes persist; on Tuesday, the United States hit Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran fired missiles toward Jordan and the United Arab Emirates following weekend strikes on Larak Island.
- Administration officials are intensifying an economic isolation campaign, though Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Sunday that this pressure might provoke military retaliation as analysts note the regime has "every incentive to disrupt the 'calm'.
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Trump turns to a dual economic and military approach in latest attempt to squeeze Iran - Regional Media News
WASHINGTON (AP) - Confronted by an intransigent Iranian government that has refused to back down in the face of a massive military campaign, President Donald Trump appears to have settled on a dual-prong approach that combines economic pressure with the potential of a devastating escalation in force. Having launched "Operation Economic Outcast" just last week to try to isolate Iran from its remaining global trade partners, the Trump administrati…
It has been suggested that senior advisers to US President Donald Trump are trying to prevent the conflict with Iran from growing until the November 3 congressional midterm elections. As Washington ratcheted up economic pressure, Trump declared that “we are ready to launch a new attack against Iran,” a military option is on the table.
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