The Vietnam War is the benchmark for unpopular wars in United States history. Public opinion turned negative toward the Vietnam War in July 1967, when 46 percent of Americans told Gallup that the war was a mistake, compared to 44 percent who said it was not. The view that Vietnam was a mistake did not become the majority view in the United States until August 1968. It took a year of opposition to the war to reach a majority. From 1971 to 1973, only 28 to 29 percent of Americans think Vietnam was not a mistake. The current The public…
Author: Frank M. Everett
For those who did not vote for Donald Trump, the fact that this president does not seem to care about other human beings is obvious.THE second Trump presidency showed how little Trump cares about anyone else not named Trump. PoliticusUSA provides 100% independent, non-partisan news and opinions. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Whether it’s the people getting sick because of RFK Jr.’s decisions at HHS, the suffering and death caused by his immigration policies, the lack of concern over the growing economic hardship of the American people, or the flippant way in which he and his administration dismiss the deaths…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was introduced before the nation as the first U.S. official to brief the country on the Trump administration’s war against Iran. The first person to tell the American people what the government is doing is not the President of the United States, but their Secretary of Defense, who has never conducted a war operation before. PoliticusUSA is not beholden to any political party or special interest. Support our work by becoming a subscriber.Trump probably sent Hegseth there because he wanted someone who could appear to be talking tough and being strong. What Hegseth brought to the…
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…
The biggest mistake House Republicans have made so far in their effort to cover up the Epstein scandal for Donald Trump’s benefit was subpoenaing former President Bill Clinton.House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) appeared to be working on a plan designed by Donald Trump to shift his Jeffrey Epstein problem onto Bill Clinton.PoliticusUSA is nonpartisan and not beholden to any political party or special interest. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Using the Clintons as a distraction and cover for his own behavior is what got Trump into the White House in 2026, when the then-candidate managed to make…
Donald Trump has misread Iran from the start. Since coming to power in his first administration and tearing up the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran under the mistaken belief that he could negotiate a “better deal,” this president has tried to force the Iranians into accepting a deal through military force.When Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal without Iran committing any violations of the deal, he made it impossible to rebuild the trust with the Iranians that would be necessary to negotiate and implement a new deal.Trump broke diplomatic trust with Iran and left America…
Senate Republicans, including Sen. John Thune’s super PAC, are strongly supporting incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in his reelection primary against state Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt.Polls show Cornyn doing his best among the three Republicans against either candidate in the Democratic Senate primary, Sen. James Talarico or Rep. Jasmine Crockett. PoliticusUSA news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Cornyn is Republicans’ best chance of holding on to their seat in red Texas, where Democrats are surprisingly competitive in what appears to be a heavily Democratic midterm election year. At an event in Corpus…
With their majority so slim, any tragic event that could happen to a Republican member of the House could potentially endanger Republican control.No one wants control of the House to be reshaped by illness or death, but that is the situation potentially facing House Republicans.PoliticusUSA is nonpartisan and not beholden to any political party or special interest. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) announced in January that he would not seek another term after his current term expires.Dunn said in a statement at the time:After much thought and prayerful discussion with my family, I have decided not…
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee saw their opportunity and they took it. Another way to look at the situation is that Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY)’s insistence on attempting to transfer Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein to the Clintons is the gift that keeps on giving.PoliticusUSA is non-partisan and 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.After Hillary Clinton’s deposition, House Oversight Committee member Robert Garcia (D-CA) began his speech by talking about Clinton and the fact that she was being impeached.Garcia said:I would like to start by clarifying and emphasizing something that is very important, and…
Trump’s bill to rig midterm elections The SAVE Act is officially dead because Senate Republicans won’t change the filibuster to pass it.The Republican legislation goes well beyond a voting ID requirement to force citizens to provide documentation to register to vote, which would disenfranchise low-income people and women whose names change following marriage or divorce, among other Americans. The SAVE Act could disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans. that’s why Democrats in the House and Senate refuse to support it.Without support from Democrats in the Senate, the bill cannot overcome the filibuster, which requires 60 votes to advance a bill.…