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But he has not laid out in detail to the American public why he might be leading the U.S. into its most aggressive action against the Islamic Republic since its 1979 revolution.<br \/>Trump&#8217;s fixation on Iran has emerged as the starkest example yet of how foreign policy, including his expanded use of raw military force, has topped his agenda in the first 13 months of his second term, often overshadowing domestic issues like the cost of living that public opinion polls show are much higher priorities for most Americans.<br \/>A senior White House official said that despite Trump&#8217;s bellicose rhetoric there was still no &#8220;unified support&#8221; within the administration to go ahead with an attack on Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has pushed the United States to the brink of war with Iran even as aides urge him to focus more on voters&#8217; economic worries, highlighting the political risks of military escalation ahead of this year&#8217;s midterm elections.Trump has ordered a huge buildup of forces in the Middle East and preparations for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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