Trump ran for president three times pledging not to start or get involved in foreign wars. The people who voted for him believed that no matter what Trump did, he would not start new foreign wars.
When Donald Trump proclaimed that his return to the White House was about doing things his way and answering to no one, his supporters did not think this would mean a violation of his opposition to the United States initiating military conflicts, but since returning to office, this president has made the threat and use of military force a key part of his presidency.
Trump has threatened to deploy military forces to Greenland, sunk boats in the Caribbean that the administration claimed were drug boats, launched a bomb attack that the White House said destroyed Iran’s nuclear program, invaded Venezuela to bring about regime change and is are now bombing Iran with the aim of overthrowing the Iranian regime.
If Trump could be expected to understand just one thing, it would be that the American people do not want another war in the Middle East.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows the American people’s immediate negative reaction to Trump’s bombing of Iran.