One obstacle to President Donald Trump’s attempt to end the war with Iran: Any path forward is bound to generate a lot of dissatisfaction among his GOP supporters and advisers, no matter what decision he makes.Trump “seems conflicted,” Daniel R. DePetris said at the Los Angeles Times. Hawks like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are continuing to “press for more aggressive U.S. military action.” But Trump’s in-house political strategists want a quick end to the unpopular war to “minimize political repercussions against the Republican Party” in November’s midterm elections. Trump clearly wants the deal that he keeps promising to the U.S. public, but accomplishing that may put him at odds with Republicans who “would consider anything short of Iran’s total surrender a failure.”
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