{"id":2637064,"date":"2026-07-29T07:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnevertrumpers-are-banking-on-iran-war-to-drive-maga-into-extinction\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T07:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:47:35","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnevertrumpers-are-banking-on-iran-war-to-drive-maga-into-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnevertrumpers-are-banking-on-iran-war-to-drive-maga-into-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"RINOs Are Banking On Iran War To Drive MAGA Into Extinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnevertrumpers-are-banking-on-iran-war-to-drive-maga-into-extinction%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=2637064&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>The war in iran has significantly negatively impacted Donald Trump\u2019s approval ratings and the Republican Party&#8217;s prospects as the November elections approach, primarily due to persistently high gas prices and rising costs nationwide. trump is aware of this issue and has been seeking ways to de-escalate or avoid further conflict, as his initial success was tied to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jayapal-we-dont-have-to-reduce-gas-prices-we-can-lower-other-costs-with-spending-bill\/\" title=\"Jayapal: We Don&#039;t &#039;Have to Reduce&#039; ..., We Can Lower Other Costs with Spending Bill\">lowering gas prices<\/a> and strengthening the economy. However, opposition from neoconservative and establishment figures within the GOP-who favor war and see the current conflict as a means to undermine Trump and the MAGA movement-complicates efforts to resolve the situation. These insiders are more interested in political gains, including ruling from the minority and discrediting Trump, rather then supporting policies that would benefit the broader electorate. They oppose legislation like the SAVE America Act and have obstructed nominations and congressional actions as the start of trump\u2019s presidency, preferring a broken or weakened Republican Party that they can control. If the midterms go poorly, they anticipate a Democratic resurgence that will facilitate investigations, impeachments, and the end of Trumpist influence, planning to rebuild the party in their own image for future elections. the Iran war is described as a strategic tool used by certain political factions to sabotage trump\u2019s presidency and diminish his movement\u2019s future, despite its adverse effects on the country\u2019s economy and political stability.  <\/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<div>\n<p>It is inarguable that the war in Iran is a massive drag on Donald Trump\u2019s numbers, as well as those of the Republican Party heading into November. This is largely driven by consistently high gas prices, which also drive up the price of everything else.<\/p>\n<p>Trump obviously knows this, which is why he\u2019s been searching for an off-ramp for months. He knows he was elected to get gas prices down and the economy in shape (which he did until the war jammed up the gears).<\/p>\n<p>But a major problem for Trump\u2019s presidency right now is that nearly everyone outside his inner circle pushing for this war \u2014 and this includes the entirety of so-called conservative pundits who never found a war they weren\u2019t willing to make others fight and pay for \u2014 also hates Trump (and especially J.D. Vance) and sees the war\u2019s negative effect on his popularity as a secondary benefit of the war they\u2019ve been salivating over for decades. To them, his declining numbers are a feature, not a bug.<\/p>\n<p>With the Iran war, the NeverTrump neocons have gotten everything they ever dreamed of \u2014 war (which they love), and a massive political quagmire for Trump that threatens to consume the rest of his presidency and destroy any future political chances of J.D. Vance and the entire MAGA\/America First movement.<\/p>\n<p>These people, and this includes most GOP senators, believe that Trump\/MAGA is just a fever that will eventually break, and all they have to do is wait it out and then take over what\u2019s left of the party after that. They don\u2019t care if Republicans lose in the midterms in November. In fact, they\u2019d welcome it. They would much rather rule over the wreckage than continue having to take a back seat to Trump or his successor.<\/p>\n<p>This is why they refuse to pass the SAVE America Act. It\u2019s why they\u2019ve been blocking recess appointments and slow-walking the entire nominations process since the very first day of this presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Republicans very much prefer the minority, where they get all the perks of power but none of the obligations or accountability. They can go on their taxpayer-funded junkets and slip provisions into Democrat-written bills for their benefit of their K Street lobbyist donors without having to actually pass anything their voters demand. When you\u2019re in the minority, you don\u2019t have to spend all your time lying to your own voters about why you can\u2019t do anything despite controlling the Congress, the White House, and the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>If November goes poorly, they\u2019ll then leave Trump to fend for himself as a new Democrat Congress launches its latest series of hoaxes and investigations and impeachment circuses designed to make sure Trumpism as a movement in 2028 has no gas left in the tank. It will be the Russia hoax and the Ukraine impeachment hoax and the J6 hoax all over again.<\/p>\n<p>The neocon war pimps and the RINO establishment would much rather Republicans lose in 2026 and 2028, allowing the establishment to rebuild the party in its own image heading into 2032, than watch the Trump\/MAGA agenda succeed and lead to a third or maybe even a fourth term following victory in the presidential election in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>This is the reality of the current political situation. The Iran war is a mess, it\u2019s being pimped by people who are more than happy to watch it destroy Trump\u2019s presidency, and they are being completely dishonest about their own motivations as well as the political effect of the war going forward.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>It is inarguable that the war in Iran is a massive drag on Trump\u2019s numbers, as well as those of the Republican party heading into November. This is largely driven by consistently high gas prices, which also drive up the price of everything else.<\/p>\n<p>Trump obviously knows this, which\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanmdav\/status\/2082125309374276032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<hr>\n<p>      Sean Davis is CEO and co-founder of The Federalist. He previously worked as an economic policy adviser to Gov. Rick Perry, as CFO of Daily Caller, and as chief investigator for Sen. Tom Coburn. He was named by The Hill as one of the top congressional staffers under the age of 35 for his role in spearheading the enactment of the law that created USASpending.gov. Sean received a BBA in finance from Texas Tech University and an MBA in finance and entrepreneurial management from the Wharton School. He can be reached via e-mail at <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/mailto:sean@thefederalist.com\">sean@thefederalist.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran war harms Trump\u2019s poll numbers ahead of November<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":2637065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Donald-Trump-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3823,5656,5894,52777,50434],"class_list":["post-2637064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran","tag-maga","tag-politics","tag-rinos-2","tag-war-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Donald-Trump-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637064","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\/730"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2637064"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2637068,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637064\/revisions\/2637068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2637065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2637064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2637064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2637064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}