There's an "interesting sign" emerging after the U.S. conducted a new round of strikes against Iran on Sunday that risks spurring America's enemies to act, according to one analyst.

The U.S. launched a series of strikes against two sites on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz where Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps members were staging rocket launchers to attack merchant ships, according to reports. The strikes came just days after President Donald Trump called Iran a "failing nation" in a post on Truth Social.

David Sanger, a national security correspondent for The New York Times, shared his assessment of the strikes on Sunday's broadcast of "CNN Newsroom."

"I think they take it as an interesting sign, Sanger said about how America's enemies such as China and Russia reacted to the new strikes. "I think they both also see that the U.S. is now going to have to tie up considerable forces in the Persian Gulf for the foreseeable future."

Sanger also warned that the new strikes could have bitter geopolitical consequences.

"That could tempt Vladimir Putin to try to go take a small NATO country, or at least some territory in it," Sanger said. "It could tempt Xi Jinping to go after Taiwan."

The United States conducted its first offensive operation in Iran in almost a month on Sunday by striking multiple sites where the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had stored rocket launchers, according to reports.

A U.S. official who spoke with multiple news outlets said the strikes occurred on Larak Island, which sits in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway that is responsible for about 20% of the global energy trade. The official told CNN that "U.S. forces are monitoring the area closely and remain prepared to protect the free flow of commerce through this essential waterway."

The new round of strikes marks the first time in a month that the U.S. has conducted strikes against Iran. It happened at a time when peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iranian officials have almost completely broken down, according to reports.

CNN reported that the IRGC claimed the attack led to the deaths of “a number of our fighters and fellow countrymen.”

A GOP strategist was awed over the weekend after a string of new polls found that the Republican Party's attempts to "goose" voters during the midterms were falling flat.

Republicans have been pushing several policy positions in hopes of getting their base to turn out for the midterms, such as increasing voter identification requirements, fighting back against a billionaire tax proposal in California, and addressing the rising cost of living. President Donald Trump has also pleaded with voters to pretend he's on the ballot in state races to boost turnout.

But Mike Madrid, a long-time GOP strategist, warned in a new Substack essay that recent polling shows these attempts are falling flat.

"Ouch!" Madrid wrote about the falling poll numbers. "Initially viewed as a ‘turnout tool’ for Republicans because they needed something to goose GOP voters to show up and vote in a time when even the most MAGA are depressed about their President, the measures dropping support levels may actually be a drag."

Madrid also noted that voters seem turned off by positions supported by Trump.

"Once voters find out this is a GOP tool that Trump supports, voters run from it like a measles outbreak," he noted.