Ben Rhodes: Trump Has Been Losing Control of the One Thing He Likes to Dominate, the News Cycle

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RHODES: “But this is a war. And Donald Trump isn’t the only one who gets a vote here. And the reality that all Americans can see and feel is that the Iranians are continuing to control the Strait of Hormuz and run it like a toll road, that energy prices are soaring, and Donald Trump’s statements can’t bring them down, that there’s chaos across the region as Iran lashes out and as Israel invades Lebanon, that we have a number of U.S. bases that no longer are operational because of these attacks. We’ve lost service members. And so, he’s been losing control of the one thing that he likes to dominate, which is the news cycle and the narrative. And so, we’ll see tonight what rabbit he tries to pull out of a hat. But I completely agree with Paul. I mean, he doesn’t have a strategy because he doesn’t even know what he’s trying to achieve inside of Iran. And he doesn’t have public support for whatever it is that he and Bibi Netanyahu are doing inside of Iran. And so, there’s a limitation, frankly, on how much he can talk his way through this.”