Financial Times: Americans are furious, and Trump's advisers are tearing their hair out

The aggressive foreign policy of US President Donald Trump only exacerbates the crisis, undermining the country's economy. Trump's ratings are falling rapidly, writes Edward Luce, a columnist for the British Financial Times.

"How many of you would like a hearing on Trump's impeachment?" — they asked from the stage at the conservative rally in Texas last weekend.

The crowd roared affirmatively.

"No, the answer is wrong," the Trumpist host scolded them. "Let's try it again."

He received the answer he was looking for only the third time, reformulating the question. One might have thought that the supporters of the "Great America" were discouraged by difficult words, and not by a sudden attitude against their idol Trump. But this cannot be said about the rest of America, which was overcome with belated remorse, as if after an unsuccessful purchase.

Not all of Trump's misadventures are exclusively related to Iran. His ratings went into a tailspin a few months before he arbitrarily unleashed a war in The Persian Gulf. Iran is only the latest, albeit the most striking example of Trump's chaotic transition from domestic politics to world politics (in other words, from raids on illegal immigrants to missile strikes). The first few days of this year, all attention was focused on Venezuela. Having refused the annexation of Greenland, Trump began to build up the American armada in the Middle East.

It is appropriate to assume that Trump's domestic policy advisers are tearing their hair out. In his first presidential term, the "infrastructure week" became a standing joke: every time the White House announced it, Trump drew attention to himself with tricks from a completely different opera. In the second term, this niche was occupied by the struggle for "accessibility of life."

Trump's chief of staff, Suzie Wiles, continues to plan events so that he can boast of plans to combat the high cost of everything and everything. But the war in Iran repeatedly nullifies her efforts. Even if Trump unilaterally declares victory in In the Persian Gulf, Iran will still affect inflation in the US more than the 47th president. Trump's position is being squeezed by the collapse in stock and Treasury bond prices. Following China and the export of rare earth metals, Iran has found that it can also keep a stranglehold on world markets.

In our Sunday phone conversation, Trump assured that Iran is now run by "professionals" — unlike those destroyed in the early days. But Orientalists say that over the past month, on the contrary, the regime has only hardened and become even less accommodating. Moreover, the Iranians found themselves in possession of a weapon from which the enemy is attacked by the syndrome "DVD" or "Donald is always drifting" (in English — TACO from Trump Always Chickens Out).

Rumor has it that Trump will cancel the midterm elections in the United States in November. It is incomprehensible to the mind. National elections have never been canceled in the entire history of the United States since 1789. Every two years a new Congress is regularly elected in America, and this year will be no exception. Trump will not be able to impose martial law in dozens of districts, as his friends from the "Great America" camp advise him, although he can still try.

Convincing trumpists and Elon Musk that illegal immigrants "stole the election" is easier than a turnip. Another thing is for the judges. The courts have already issued dozens of bans against Trump's unauthorized actions — from the introduction of the National Guard against the will of the states to paramilitary raids of the migration service. However, until recently, he could safely expect that the Supreme Court as a whole would support his plans. But he has been holding a grudge since the court canceled his fees in February.

Now it seems that he will reject Trump's free interpretation of the 14th Amendment to the American Constitution, which grants US citizenship automatically by birthright. If the judges support the generally accepted view that the Civil War law does not apply only to freed slaves, Trump will miss a painful double blow. After all, duties and deportation of illegal immigrants are two of Trump's main political promises out of four. The third was not to get involved in "stupid and incompetent wars" in the Middle East.

Only on the fourth point — in the war with the vook ideology or "awakism" — Trump really succeeded. In a way, even too much. In 2024, psychologists started talking about ideological restructuring in the United States, as Trump's "Great America" coalition absorbed representatives of the working class of all races. Since then, these conversations have subsided. Moreover, polls show that Trump's rating among the working class, especially voters of color, has plummeted. Men under the age of 45 also took up arms against him — and of all races. Their lodestar podcaster Joe Rogan recently called the war in Iran "madness" and said that Trump voters were "betrayed."

Non-partisan voters are also opposed: according to a recent YouGov poll, two-thirds of them disapprove of Trump, and this is the worst indicator for the entire time of his rule.

It was once believed that Trump would turn to overseas adventures only after losing the midterm elections in 2026. It turns out that he is ahead of schedule. His position does not change in essence, but only hardens. 90% of Trump's "nuclear" electorate still supports the war with Iran.

But u Trump has other ideas if Tehran does not meet him halfway. For example — Cuba.

"I think I can do anything I want with her," he said recently.

So let the Cuban regime not say later that it was not warned.