{"id":88946,"date":"2026-09-06T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/88946\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:00:24","slug":"trump-facing-midterms-nightmare-as-approval-ratings-plunge-over-war-iran-the-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/88946\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump facing midterms nightmare as approval ratings plunge over war | Iran: the Latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Trump facing midterms nightmare as approval ratings plunge over war | Iran: the Latest news\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sk6L3YJRjQw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nTrump facing midterms nightmare as approval ratings plunge over war | Iran: the Latest news<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDonald Trump\u2019s approval rating has plummeted to a record low as the military and economic toll of the US-Iran war collides with the upcoming 2026 midterm elections &#8211; and the pressure is on. <\/p>\n<p>On today\u2019s episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey speaks to US correspondents Ben Smith and Poppy Wood to examine how the conflict in the Middle East is threatening Trump\u2019s control of Congress and driving inflation at American gas pumps. With oil prices surging past $90 a barrel due to sustained disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, Republican candidates from Texas to Maine are increasingly worried. <\/p>\n<p>Plus, amid a growing mutiny inside the Pentagon over the Iran war, could Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth be on the chopping block if the midterms go badly for Trump?<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #USIranWar #2026Midterms #GasPrices #PeteHegseth #IranTheLatest #TrumpApprovalRating #StraitOfHormuz #USEconomy #MiddleEastConflict<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Introduction and Midterms Overview<br \/>\n00:56 &#8211; Trump&#8217;s Approval Rating and the War&#8217;s Impact<br \/>\n02:52 &#8211; Republican Dilemma Ahead of Midterms<br \/>\n04:45 &#8211; Democrats&#8217; Strategy and Inflation Focus<br \/>\n05:43 &#8211; Generational Shift in the Democratic Party<br \/>\n07:33 &#8211; The Role of Israel in Democratic Primaries<br \/>\n08:31 &#8211; Laredo, Texas: Border Town Perspective<br \/>\n10:14 &#8211; Economic Strains and Gas Prices in Texas<br \/>\n14:04 &#8211; Border Patrol, ICE, and Local Paranoia<br \/>\n19:24 &#8211; Texas Political Outlook and Senate Race<br \/>\n21:45 &#8211; Chaos at the Pentagon and Hegseth&#8217;s Leadership<br \/>\n23:44 &#8211; Media Access and Reporting on the Pentagon<br \/>\n27:04 &#8211; Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>CONTRIBUTORS:<br \/>\nVenetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey<br \/>\nBen Smith, Washington correspondent @bsmithjourno<br \/>\nPoppy Wood, US correspondent @poppyeh<\/p>\n<p>CONTENT REFERENCED:<br \/>\nOut with the old: Democrats replace stalwarts with young blood<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/us\/politics\/2026\/08\/15\/elderly-democrats-forced-retire\/<\/p>\n<p>US army secretary to step down after tension with Hegseth<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/us\/politics\/2026\/08\/21\/us-army-secretary-step-down-hegseth\/<\/p>\n<p>Winner Best News and Analysis Podcast &#8211; Publisher Podcast Awards 2026<br \/>\nNominated Podcast of the Year &#8211; Society of Editors News Podcasts Awards 2026<br \/>\nNominated Best News, Politics and Current Affairs &#8211; British Podcast Awards 2026<br \/>\nThe Telegraph, Winner Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 &#8211; Publisher Podcast Awards 2026<\/p>\n<p>Audio Producer: Max Bower<br \/>\nVideo Producer: Peter Shevlin<br \/>\nResearcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh and Lucy Hadlow<br \/>\nStudio Operator: Andy Watson<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Venetia Rainey<br \/>\n\u25ba Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day&#8217;s biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk\/fromtheeditor<br \/>\n\u25ba EMAIL US: Contact the team on battlelines@telegraph.co.uk<br \/>\n\u25ba GET THE LATEST HEADLINES: Find all our latest Iran coverage here: https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/iran-war\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump facing midterms nightmare as approval ratings plunge over war | Iran: the Latest news Donald Trump\u2019s approval&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[70578,2296,70580,38,15470,26,70579,353,580,1470,520,526,27,340,337,48,70581,30261,66262,43,578],"class_list":["post-88946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-telegraph","tag-dan-driscoll","tag-gas-prices","tag-ice-crackdown","tag-iran","tag-iran-the-latest","tag-iran-war","tag-laredo-texas","tag-latest-news","tag-news-today","tag-oil-prices","tag-pentagon","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-telegraph","tag-the-telegraph","tag-trump","tag-trump-approval-ratings","tag-us-elections","tag-us-midterms-2026","tag-us-military","tag-us-politics"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/117224012951020750","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}