Could killing of Iranian general help Trump get re-elected?
appear in hindsight to be little more than statistical noise for a man whose approval has been relatively stable throughout his presidency.
In that same Huffington Post poll, 83% of Republicans said they approved of the airstrike. Meanwhile, the president's supporters have gone on the attack, treating the Soleimani strike as the latest way to"trigger" political opponents. Bernie Sanders, one of the Democratic front-runners, was quick to stake out his peace candidate credentials.
Meanwhile, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg took aim at Sanders, saying it was"outrageous" for the Vermont senator to call the strike an"assassination" . Such a response isn't surprising, given Biden's long record of foreign policy experience, including eight years as vice-president and a lengthy tenure as chair of the Senate foreign relations committee.
The more Biden twists and turns to qualify his Iraq War support, the more media outlets will point out where he is misleading or exaggerating, giving the story national attention - and the more Biden's opponents could sense a weakness they could exploit.As if December's impeachment fight didn't make it hard enough for back-of-the-pack Democrats to generate attention amid a flood of major breaking news, now Iran is set to compete with a Senate trial of the president for top billing.
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