{"id":12619,"date":"2026-07-21T14:12:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12619"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:12:42","slug":"trump-put-himself-in-tough-spot-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12619","title":{"rendered":"Trump Put Himself in &#8216;Tough Spot&#8217; on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>Fox News Chief Political Analyst <strong>Brit Hume<\/strong> said President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u00a0put himself in a \u201ctough spot\u201d with the Iran war.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. bombed Iran for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/centcom-unleashes-a-10th-night-of-strikes-on-iran-as-trump-vows-revenge-for-soldier-deaths\/\">10th consecutive night<\/a> on Monday after Iran strikes on Jordan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/20\/us\/iran-war-us-soldiers-killed-jordan-identified.html\">killed<\/a> two active-duty U.S. Army soldiers over the weekend. Another U.S. soldier was killed in Iraq while disposing of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cgk417jp83po\">Iranian drone<\/a>. At least 17 U.S. soldiers have been killed since Trump and Israeli Prime Minister <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> launched the war in February.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict has intensified this month after a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran fell apart, leading Iran to re-close the vital Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. to reimpose its blockade of Iranian vessels in the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n<p>The war has been broadly unpopular since the beginning, as polls have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/donald-trump\/issues\/military-action-iran\">consistently shown<\/a> a clear majority of Americans oppose it.<\/p>\n<p>Hume appeared on Monday\u2019s <em>Special Report<\/em>\u00a0on Fox News, where <strong>Bret Baier<\/strong> aired clips of Democrats criticizing Trump\u2019s war. Baier asked how the war could impact Republicans in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you make of that criticism \u2013 politically \u2013 and how much weight it carries as we get closer to November?\u201d Baier inquired.<\/p>\n<p>Hume responded:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Well, I think it points to something that\u2019s part of what the president is facing here, Bret. And that is that some of things that he might need to do to get the strait open, for example, and perhaps even to accomplish other ends in dealing with Tehran, may be militarily feasible, but politically they are very difficult. I mean, we\u2019re seeing some casualties now. Now, in military terms, these are not large casualties, but nonetheless they are politically very important and very sensitive matters as they always have been.<\/p>\n<p>And in today\u2019s war, of course, the rule seems to be \u201cNo ground troops\u201d because that is, of course, another source of casualties. So, I think the president\u2019s in kind of a tough spot here in that sense. And he promised to keep us out of endless wars or unsatisfactory wars, and now he\u2019s in one, and it\u2019s not at all clear how it\u2019s gonna end. So, he\u2019s vulnerable on this point, and in political terms, he does need to get this over with. But what he may need his time, and he doesn\u2019t have a lot of time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch above via Fox News.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume said President Donald Trump\u00a0put himself in a \u201ctough spot\u201d with the Iran war. 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