Trump threatens to destroy Iran amid falling ratings — The Guardian
US President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iran during a speech at the UN in New York. Before entering the United Nations building, he also sharply responded to CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins, saying he was surprised by the presence of the television channel, which his administration had previously barred from the White House.
As The Guardian reports, a court later blocked the ban on CNN, MS Now and Politico from access to the White House grounds and ordered the administration to restore that access immediately.
Court rulings and Republicans
The publication notes that Trump has faced a series of legal and political obstacles. The Federal Reserve did not support his position on interest rates, while the Supreme Court blocked the administration's attempt to introduce new restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections.
A separate judge did not allow the president to add his name to the Kennedy Center. After that, Trump threatened the national arts complex with demolition. Critics, according to the publication, consider the president's conflicts with media outlets and cultural institutions a sign of his political weakening.
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There are also signs within the Republican Party of distancing from Trump ahead of the congressional elections. Republican candidate for Florida governor Byron Donalds removed most mentions of Trump from his campaign website. Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar said in an advertisement that federal immigration authorities had “gone too far” and that Latino voters “feel betrayed.”
Assessments and the White House position
Republican strategist Rick Wilson linked the decline in support for Trump to inflation, rising fuel and food prices, as well as the increasingly unpopular war in Iran. According to him, some polls put the president's approval rating at 29%.
The White House rejects these assessments. Administration spokesperson Davis Ingle said Trump remains the “undisputed leader” of the Republican Party and listed the administration's achievements as tax changes, lower prescription drug costs, tighter border control, the creation of more than one million private-sector jobs and growth in 401(k) retirement accounts.
Bill Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, suggested that the shift in attention toward potential candidates in the 2028 presidential election, including Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, could heighten tensions. Conservative writer Charlie Sykes said that as Trump's political influence declines, he may become more dangerous.
