But the latest resumption of fighting poses economic risks some GOP incumbents fear could cost them in November, including higher gas prices during the year’s busiest travel season. And they worry — as the cycle of war and fragile peace plays out — that the president cares little about their political fate.
“He and the Iranian leadership share many common traits; survival and control and self enhancement drive both,” said a House Republican lawmaker, who noted members had been concerned all along that the memorandum would fail. “Midterms are still beyond Trump’s focus zone. Not screwing us might be his goal, but he’s screwing us into political oblivion.”
This place of uncertain progress is where many Republicans, including Vice President JD Vance, feared they would end up. The problem is they are now back where they were months ago — with four months left to go before the election.
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