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Trump, Iran, and the Limits of Public Support Welcome to the Politica UK InfoPod. Today we ask a difficult political question. If a president goes to war but the public does not support it — does that actually matter? As the United States continues its military campaign against Iran, President Donald Trump insists the operation is progressing rapidly and successfully. He has even described the campaign as “ahead of schedule,” claiming major Iranian military capabilities have already been destroyed. Yet the political reality inside the United States is far more complicated. Recent polling shows that the American public is deeply divided — and in many cases sceptical — about the conflict. A national poll found that a majority of Americans oppose the war, while only around four in ten support it. Another survey suggested only about a quarter of Americans support the strikes against Iran, with far more expressing concern about escalation. Even more striking is the opposition to sending gr...

  Welcome to the Politica UK InfoPod. Breaking developments are emerging in the Iran war as the conflict enters another intense phase of fighting across the Middle East. Reports today indicate that a growing number of United States service members have been injured during Iranian strikes on American positions and regional allies. Some sources suggest that as many as one hundred and fifty U.S. troops may have been wounded since the conflict began, a figure significantly higher than earlier Pentagon disclosures. The war has already claimed American lives. At least seven U.S. service members have been killed during the campaign, including soldiers injured during Iranian attacks on U.S. facilities in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf locations. At the same time, Iranian missile and drone attacks continue across the region, targeting Gulf states, shipping routes and military bases connected to the United States and its allies. () Despite the escalating violence, President Donald Trump has rep...