Trump’s Iran Strike Delights Supporters, Despite 2016 War Pledge
- Republicans support his strategy, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
- U.S. has added more than 3,000 troops since killing Soleimani
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President Donald Trump’s loyal political base is standing by his decision to kill a top Iranian general, polls show, even though the move may undermine a key 2016 pledge to end U.S. military involvement in the Middle East.
In Michigan, where Trump edged Hillary Clinton by less than 11,000 votes in 2016, Brian Droscha, a Republican commissioner in Eaton County, says that he’s heard nearly unanimous praise for the Jan. 2 strike on Qassem Soleimani, who he called a “terrorist nut job.”