Trump's GOP allies draw a line in the sand on Iran
Source: Politico
06/12/2026 04:29 PM EDT Updated: 06/12/2026 08:04 PM EDT
Republicans keep lengthening President Donald Trump’s leash on Iran. First, they hoped he would stick to his initial four- to six-week timeline for the war. Then, they gave him 60 days; then, until summer.
Now, battleground GOP party chairs, campaign officials and strategists are coalescing around Labor Day as their hard deadline, according to interviews with more than a dozen people.
It’s different this time, they say: September is the unofficial kickoff of general election season, when more voters tune in and the stakes get higher. Amid rising U.S. casualties, gas prices and fertilizer costs, these Republicans indicated the political risk of the ongoing war is heightening as the midterms draw near.
“By the first of September … it needs to be resolved,” said Dan Naylor, who runs the Lackawanna County GOP in a critical House battleground district in Pennsylvania. “You get more focused on the election at that point in time, and we need to be able to point to falling prices.”
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/12/iran-war-trump-midterms-labor-day-00960925
He first said they would be done in a few days - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143623855
He really doesn't give a shit what they think.
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