GOP Iran Worries Build After Trump Speech

Politico: “President Trump’s primetime address on Iran did little to relieve rising alarm from plugged-in Republicans in key states across the country who see the war as pushing costs higher and their midterm chances ever-lower.”

“Trump declared Wednesday night that the U.S. offensive in Iran is ‘nearing completion’ but warned that military operations would intensify over the ‘next two to three weeks.’ He attempted to clarify his goals for the war — to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities — and insisted it was never about regime change. And he shrugged off the spike in oil and gas prices as a ‘short-term increase.’”

“To a number of GOP strategists and local party leaders involved in key congressional and gubernatorial races, the message was too little, too late and too jumbled.”

Said one GOP strategist: “What the hell did he just say?”