Posted on 03/15/2026 6:21:17 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In the two weeks since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump increasingly has been knocked on his political heels.
He’s grown more agitated with news coverage and has failed to find a way to explain why he started the war — or how he will end it — that resonates with a public concerned by American deaths in the conflict, surging oil prices and dropping financial markets. Even some of his supporters are questioning his plan and his overall poll numbers are declining.
Meanwhile, Moscow is getting a boost from the war’s early days after Trump eased sanctions on some Russian oil shipments. That, combined with rising oil prices, undercut the yearslong push to crimp President Vladimir Putin’s ability to wage war in Ukraine.
Then there are Democrats, who were left reeling after Trump won the 2024 election. With control of Congress at stake in November’s midterms, the party has come together to oppose Trump’s Iran policy and point to the economic turmoil as proof that Republicans haven’t kept their promises to bring down everyday costs.
“I think Democrats are well-positioned for this November and the midterms,” said Kelly Dietrich, CEO of the National Democratic Training Committee, which trains party backers to run for office and staff campaigns.
Dietrich said the past two weeks show the Trump administration has failed at long-term planning. “They’re flying by the seat of their pants, and rest of us are paying the price,” he said.
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Biased editorial. What else is new?
This guy must be smoking wacky weed.
No matter how much you hate the media, you don’t hate it enough.
AP supports the World Wide Caliphate.
BUahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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Braking news.
Nonsense from the A lways P ropaganda
AP. This writer still believes they have the power to tell us what to believe.
That ship has sailed.

I did an DuckDuckGo AI search on Will Weissert.
“What are the specific examples of Will Weissert’s reported bias in journalism?
Sorry, no relevant information was found in our search.”
Here is the real funny part....
“Will Weissert’s Bias Overview
General Bias Rating
Overall Bias: Somewhat Right
Fact Analysis Score: 11% (focuses on accuracy of claims and sources)
Source Analysis Score: 44% (assesses quality and diversity of sources)
Google AI would not even do the search!
Are these folks actually following current events?
What a crock!
WILL WEISSERT, close your eyes and click your heels three times and repeat, “there is no place like home...”
The Ass Press is projecting actions and emotional responses at their particular caricature of whom they imagine Donald J Trump to be, and the real person does not resemble this portrait in the least.
But go ahead, build your straw man. Just do not be too surprised if reality takes a sudden right turn or even a 180 degree reversal of the picture you are drawing.
You do you, Ass Press. You are beyond comparison.
If AP, NYT, NPR, CNN, and other such outlets put out tripe like this, I know Trump is likely succeeding.
someone need to draw a penis in his mouth, becuase he is certainly gay
For an article to be beyond analysis due to its complete inner duplicity and hysteria, it must have been written by James Carville.
Associated Press?
Not even bothering to read it.
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