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Trump's Iran deal falls short for these voters; some fear it could cost ... Trump’s Iran deal falls short for these voters; some fear it could cost Republicans the midterm Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox Only a quarter of Americans believe the war with Iran was worth the costs, and a majority worry that the truce with Tehran is unlikely to last. PHOTO: AFP Published Jun 27, 2026, 06:07 PM Updated Jun 27, 2026, 08:03 PM Set as preferred source Listen US President Donald Trump’s interim agreement to end the war with Iran has dragged down his approval rating and garnered criticism across the political spectrum – even from his own supporters. Recent interviews with 18 Americans who voted for Trump in 2024, a group that Reuters has interviewed monthly since he returned to office, show that most have doubts about the deal, which has reopened the Strait of Hormuz while temporarily lifting US oil sanctions on Iran and authorising a US$300 billion (S$388 billion) fund for its reconstruction. “We need to truly weaken the Iranian regime instead of this, ‘beat them up a little bit and then step back and let them rebuild’,” said Terry Alberta, 65, a pilot in Michigan.…

Trump's Iran deal falls short for these voters — and some fear it could cost Republicans the midterm <p>By Julia Harte</p><p>June 27 - President Donald Trump’s interim agreement to end the war with Iran hasdragged down his approval rating and garnered criticism across the political spectrum — even from his own supporters.</p><p>Recent interviews with 18 Americans who voted for Trump in 2024, a group that Reuters has interviewed monthly since he returned to office, show that most have doubts about the deal, which has reopened the Strait of Hormuz while temporarily lifting U.S. oil sanctions on Iran and authorizing a $300 billion fund for its reconstruction.</p>

Donald Trump's Support Evaporates Among Traditional Republicans By Marni Rose McFall News Reporter 0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Support for President Donald Trump and the war in Iran has evaporated among traditional Republicans, according to a new poll from YouGov and The Economist . The poll, which found that twice as many Americans now oppose as support the war, showed that support for the war among traditional, non-MAGA Republicans has swung down by 48 points to -23 points. Support among MAGA Republicans had dropped by 1 point, from 72 to 71. White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told Newsweek in response to the poll, “What matters most to the American people is having a Commander-in-Chief who takes decisive action to eliminate threats and keep them safe, which is exactly what President Trump is doing with the ongoing successful Operation Epic Fury.” Read More on Politics Why It Matters In late February, the United States and Israel carried out coordinated attacks on Iranian military and strategic targets in an operation dubbed “Operation…

Republicans are desperate to move on from the Iran war November’s midterm elections were always going to be difficult for Republicans. The last time the incumbent president’s party gained seats in Congress in a midterm election was in 2002, when Americans rallied around George W. Bush after the September 11th attacks. Donald Trump’s war in Iran will have a different impact. That’s in part because Mr Bush’s “war on terror” eventually left many Americans sceptical of foreign entanglements. It’s also because this particular entanglement has been phenomenally unpopular, and will have stubborn after-effects. Questions about the deal remain, but a few things have become clear. The war has come at a cost to American treasure and prestige. Having burned through munitions, America’s ability to deter other enemies has been weakened. The conflict has frayed its alliances and shocked global oil markets. For many on Capitol Hill, there is also the vexing question of how the war’s end will affect their job prospects. Just 27% of voters thought America should attack Iran, according to an Economist/YouGov poll conducted a week before the first strikes. Mr Trump’s magnetism within MAGA is such t…

Trump's Iran deal falls short for these voters — and some fear it could ... By Julia Harte June 27 – President Donald Trump’s interim agreement to end the war with Iran has dragged down his approval rating and garnered criticism across the political spectrum — even from his own supporters. Recent interviews with 18 Americans who voted for Trump in 2024, a group that Reuters has interviewed monthly since he returned to office, show that most have doubts about the deal, which has reopened the Strait of Hormuz while temporarily lifting U.S. oil sanctions on Iran ​and authorizing a $300 billion fund for its reconstruction. “We need to truly weaken the Iranian regime instead of this, ‘beat them up a little bit and then step ‌back and let them rebuild’,” said Terry Alberta, 65, a pilot in Michigan. Overall, only a quarter of Americans believe the war with Iran was worth the costs, and a majority worry that the truce with Tehran is unlikely to last, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. Many of the Trump voters feared his unpopular concessions to Iran would make it harder for Republicans to retain control of Congress in November’s midterm elections, although those most critical of …

Trump's Iran deal falls short for these voters — and some fear it could ... Trump's Iran deal falls short for these voters — and some fear it could cost Republicans the midterm By Julia Harte Jun 27, 2026 Add AL-MONITOR on Google FILE PHOTO: Joyce Kenney sits for a portrait at her home in Prescott Valley, Arizona, U.S., May 14, 2025. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble/File Photo — Rebecca Noble By Julia Harte June 27 - President Donald Trump’s interim agreement to end the war with Iran hasdragged down his approval rating and garnered criticism across the political spectrum — even from his own supporters. Recent interviews with 18 Americans who voted for Trump in 2024, a group that Reuters has interviewed monthly since he returned to office, show that most have doubts about the deal, which has reopened the Strait of Hormuz while temporarily lifting U.S. oil sanctions on Iran and authorizing a $300 billion fund for its reconstruction. “We need to truly weaken the Iranian regime instead of this, ‘beat them up a little bit and then step back and let them rebuild’,” said Terry Alberta, 65, a pilot in Michigan. Overall, only a quarter of Americans believe the war with Iran was worth the costs, ‌and …

Trump’s Iran war messaging is not winning over Americans – or their representatives <p>Trump, still negotiating to conclude the war, claims it’s already over. Some Republican lawmakers have had enough</p><p>Donald Trump has two things to say about his war with Iran. The first is that it’s already over. And second, a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/house-passes-war-power-resolution-trump-iran">symbolic congressional vote to end it</a> – carried by four members of his own party – is a stab in the back that could derail the peace talks he’s conducting for the war that’s already over.</p><p>By a 215-208 margin on Wednesday, the US House of Representatives voted to direct the president to withdraw US forces from hostilities with Iran, the first time either chamber has passed such a measure in the little over three months since Operation Epic Fury began on 28 February. By Thursday morning, Trump was on Truth Social calling the vote “unpatriotic” and blaming it on “Trump Derangement Syndrome”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/trump-iran-war-messaging-americans-congress">Continue reading...</a>

Trump rebuked <p>OBSERVERS across the world have long questioned the utility of Donald Trump’s now three-month-old war on Iran. But a growing number of voices from within the US president’s Republican party are saying that this futile and illegal conflict must end. A resolution calling for the withdrawal of US troops from Iran <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2005046/us-house-passes-resolution-calling-for-end-to-war-on-iran-rebuking-trump">passed </a>narrowly in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives recently, with four members of the US leader’s own party backing the resolution.</p> <p>The move has expectedly incensed Mr Trump, who called it “unpatriotic”. Since the start of the war, most American lawmakers had only mildly been criticising the joint US-Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic. But now, with US mid-term elections in November inching closer, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers want to avoid the voters’ wrath at the ballot box.</p> <figure class='media w-full sm:w-1/2 media--right media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://www.dawn.com/news/2005380/embryonic-spines-trump-faces-growing-republican-pushback'> <div class=…