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Trump’s Iran War Backfires: Gas Prices, Ground Troops, and a MAGA Revolt | Paul Rieckhoff Reacts

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Trump’s Iran War Backfires: Gas Prices, Ground Troops, and a MAGA Revolt | Paul Rieckhoff Reacts
On day 33 of Donald Trump’s war with Iran, as gas prices soar past four dollars a gallon, military families brace for possible ground troops and only eight percent of ...Americans support sending U.S. service members into combat, a panel with Ben Rhodes, Alex Wagner, and Independent Americans host Paul Rieckhoff breaks down Trump’s collapsing political coalition, the planning of potential ground assaults, the failure to achieve stated war aims, the politicization of the military from Kid Rock flyovers to NATO threats, and how this conflict is weakening America’s global standing while strengthening Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz. #IranWarShow More

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Trump’s Iran War Backfires: NATO Rift, MAGA Revolt, and the Fight to Save America’s Allies
Independent Americans host Paul Rieckhoff joins Connell McShane to break down President Trump’s controversial 9 p.m. address as he seeks to “grab the microphone” and reframe a deeply unpopular war ...with Iran, even as he floats pulling out of NATO and previewing or disclosing boots on the ground despite support for such escalation sitting near rock bottom. Rieckhoff warns that alienating NATO partners already restricting U.S. airspace would isolate America, embolden Putin, endanger U.S. troops, and hurt Ukraine, all while MAGA-aligned voices from Steve Bannon to Megyn Kelly and Sean Ryan turn against Trump over broken promises of “no regime change wars,” rising gas prices, and billions spent overseas instead of at home. As Trump eyes “spot strikes” and even Cuba, Rieckhoff grades the Iran mission as “incomplete,” arguing wars only get less popular over time, before the conversation turns to a rare bright spot: a historic astronaut launch that, like the space program of the 1960s, offers a unifying, hopeful image of what America can achieve when the country comes together and literally shoots for the stars. #IranWarShow More

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Trump’s Iran War ‘Quagmire’? Paul Rieckhoff Warns of Escalation, Oil Chaos and U.S. Troops at Risk
National security analyst and Army veteran Paul Rieckhoff joins to break down President Trump’s chaotic Iran strategy, from talk of seizing Kharg Island and “taking the oil” to the growing ...risk of a bloody quagmire with 50,000 American troops already in harm’s way, as Iran profits from rising oil prices, U.S. enemies from Russia to China gain leverage, and public support for the war collapses at home, threatening long-term damage to America’s military, global standing, and the safety of troops facing daily rocket, drone, and proxy attacks across the region. #IranWarShow More
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