Kamal Ghorui
In Jan 2016, Trump famously boasted, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters.” For a decade, he was correct. Not only did voters not abandon him, but impeachments, indictments, a conviction, and a forcefully contested election outcome intensified his support.
Until now. When US attacked Iran five weeks ago, Trump’s hold slipped. The combination of a continuing affordability crisis, a lack of prosecutorial progress on the Epstein files, and a stalled domestic agenda, had already loosened his voters’ legendary loyalty. But the Iran war took their misgivings to a new level.
Why are many Trump voters disenchanted with him over the war, with some feeling, literally, betrayed by him? Since entering national politics in 2015, a non-interventionist, “America First” foreign policy was central to Trump’s message, and fundamental to his appeal.
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