{"id":2575983,"date":"2026-03-04T11:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-presents-bigger-potential-downside-for-trump-byron-york\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:14:01","slug":"iran-presents-bigger-potential-downside-for-trump-byron-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-presents-bigger-potential-downside-for-trump-byron-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran presents &#8216;bigger&#8217; potential downside for Trump: Byron York"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-presents-bigger-potential-downside-for-trump-byron-york%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2575983&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>&#8211; The Washington Examiner features Byron York arguing that President Trump should keep domestic concerns in mind when weighing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-martin-to-remain-doj-pardon-attorney-after-reported-demotion\/\" title=\"Ed Martin to remain DOJ pardon attorney after reported demotion\">including actions related<\/a> to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; York suggests the U.S. doesn\u2019t have to solve every nation&#8217;s problems, but it bears some obligation for past destabilization, citing how the Venezuela situation was handled; he says the Trump administration has a plan that appears to be working.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; he warns that Iran could present a larger political downside for Trump and the Republican Party than any foreign-policy upside, because voters are mainly focused on living costs and the economy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; York notes Trump\u2019s pivot to economic issues and argues foreign involvement (like venezuela or Iran) could derail that messaging, particularly ahead of elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He contends striking Iran now is risky and waiting could have been a greater gamble; the impact on the 2026 elections will depend on whether the U.S.achieves its aims\u2014success could improve the president\u2019s standing, while failure could be framed by opponents as anti-Trump nitpicking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece also mentions casualties from Iran-related actions (six U.S. service members have died, with several identified), underscoring the high stakes of the confrontation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Iran involvement presents &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-advocates-for-expanding-child-tax-credit-it-should-be-bigger-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Vance advocates for expanding child tax credit \u2018it should be bigger\u2019 ... Washington Examiner\">bigger&#038;rsquo<\/a>; potential downside for Trump than benefit: Byron York<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2520432\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><em>Washington Examiner&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >chief political correspondent&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/byron-york\/\">Byron York<\/a>&nbsp;said Tuesday that President&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4479012\/trump-should-stay-firm-iran\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;needs to keep domestic politics in mind when engaging in foreign affairs, such a<\/span>s with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>York said he believes it&rsquo;s not up to the United States to help every nation that &ldquo;cannot handle its own affairs,&rdquo; but the U.S. bears some responsibility when &ldquo;we&rsquo;re the ones who blew up the previous situation.&rdquo; He cited how the U.S. &ldquo;beheaded&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"910\">Venezuela&rsquo;s<\/a> leadership earlier this year, and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a> does &ldquo;have a plan&rdquo; which seems to be working.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4479957\/house-ethics-launches-investigation-tony-gonzales-affair-allegations\/\">House Ethics Committee launches investigation into Tony Gonzales over affair allegations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4479873\/north-carolina-state-senate-race-separated-two-votes-phil-berger-sam-page\/\">North Carolina state Senate race is separated by just two votes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4479809\/nato-shoots-down-iranian-missile-headed-turkey\/\">NATO shoots down Iranian missile headed for Turkey<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>For Iran, York suggested the effects of the U.S. involving itself in this conflict present a &ldquo;much bigger downside politically&rdquo; for Trump and the Republican Party. He said voters &ldquo;don&rsquo;t care&rdquo; about foreign policy, and instead care about the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And remember, I went back and looked at some of the pieces I wrote, I think it was on December the 7th or 8th, about Trump&rsquo;s pivot to the economy, to the cost of living, and he was going to go give speeches and travel around the country,&rdquo; York said on the <em>Hugh Hewitt Show<\/em>. &ldquo;And then within a few weeks, he does Venezuela, and that completely consumes us all for a few minutes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DY9YkmFizHc?si=1_cwSU0zoMPsfxXc&amp;start=3613\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So then he&rsquo;s going to come back, and then now he&rsquo;s gotten involved in Iran. I don&rsquo;t think there&rsquo;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaire-hedge-fund-manager-bill-ackman-says-world-war-iii-likely-started-already-3\/\" title=\"Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Says World War III &#039;Likely Started Already&#039;\">huge upside<\/a> for this in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11675\">midterm elections<\/a>,&rdquo; York said.<\/p>\n<p>York said he&rsquo;s not sure what the conflict in Iran will look like in June, but contended the public &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t vote for this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/4478214\/striking-iran-now-risky-holding-off-greater-gamble\/\"><strong>STRIKING IRAN NOW IS RISKY. HOLDING OFF WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREATER GAMBLE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>York said in a separate media appearance on Tuesday that &ldquo;everything&rdquo; regarding the Iran conflict&rsquo;s impact on the 2026 elections will <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4478931\/iran-elections-impact-depend-conflict-byron-york\/\">depend on whether the U.S. is successful<\/a>. If it is, the president will be viewed favorably on this topic while Democratic criticism will be brushed off as &ldquo;anti-Trump nitpicking.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4477442\/us-troops-death-toll-middle-east\/\">Six U.S. service members <\/a>have died so far as a result of Iran&rsquo;s retaliatory strikes on Israel and U.S. facilities in the Middle East, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4479359\/dead-american-troops-names-iran-war\/\">four of whom have been identified<\/a>. Lt. Gen. Robert Harter, chief of Army Reserve and commanding general of U.S. Army Reserve Command, said in a statement that &ldquo;their sacrifice, and the sacrifices of their families, will never be forgotten.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>York: Iran risks bigger political downside for Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2575984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26062613049168_db541c-e1772631996581.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[37928,50462,3823,3634,35343],"class_list":["post-2575983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-byron-york","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-iran","tag-trump","tag-u-s-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26062613049168_db541c-e1772631996581.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575987,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575983\/revisions\/2575987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}