Conservative writer spots 'fury in the Republican base' as Trump makes enemy stronger
Despite Donald Trump’s proclamation that the Iran war is drawing to a close, columnist David French claimed that conservative anger aimed at the president with the president is not close to dissipating.
Appearing on MS NOW’s “Money Power Politics,” with host Stephanie Ruhle, the conservative New York Times columnist may no longer be able to placate critics in his own party.
Noting the lack of details about the president’s Iran deal, he told the host, “There's been short-term thinking from the beginning here. And so what Trump does is he's just continually kicking the can down the next news cycle, the next news cycle, the next news cycle, apparently in the hope that, you know, if Plan A doesn't work, Plan B can be pretending that plan a worked long enough and loudly enough that at least his base comes on board.”
“But I'm seeing fury,” he added. “Fury in parts of the Republican base here, amongst those people who against, you know, they had stuck with Trump. And one of the reasons they stuck with Trump is they said he can deal with Iran, and the Democrats are too weak to deal with Iran. And then what you have here is an agreement that may actually leave Iran far stronger. Not from a conventional military standpoint. They took severe losses. But from a far stronger, from a geopolitical standpoint than when the war began, which is the exact opposite of the intention [to go to war]”
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