This data comes from the really useful US-based Strength in Numbers Substack. It shows all opinion poll results in the USA in the last week on the issue of support for Trump's war on Iran:
Look at the data: only with the Fox News audience can Trump get a draw when it comes to support. Everywhere else, he is losing badly.
So, for how long can he wage war without popular support in the USA? I suspect the answer is for much less time than he needs, with that time horizon getting much shorter as the economic impact of the war hits US consumers and savers.
Trump has embarked on a venture he may not be able to see through.
And do not doubt that the US economy will see those impacts. The US economy shed 92,000 jobs in February, as this chart from the New York Times shows:
Trump is failing to deliver jobs, which is a key measure for the US economy, as the Biden era shows. Trump is a President running out of road, which is why he is at war.
The economic ramifications of this war will be enormous. I think Trump may live to regret this.
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“I think Trump may live to regret this”…. I fear this won’t be true – the ramifications of this intervention will reverberate around the region and globe long after he is (and probably you and I are) gone.
You may be right.