A Possible Way Out For the Trump Regime?

 Most commentators think that a ground invasion of Iran by the Netanyahu-Trump regime won't happen because it is unlikely to succeed, and that it is just a bluff or bargaining chip. Tactically, this makes sense.

But Trump has a larger overall problem: it is an election year and his war is unpopular in the USA.  He must make it more popular.  Ironically, a serious 'blooding' of American soldiers could help the voters to rally 'round the Flag and the president, regardless of how reckless the president was with soldiers' lives.

Imagine the programing on television: every few minutes there could be a movie clip or old World War II newsreel showing the Marines "taking that beach."  Remember that famous photo of General MacArthur wading ashore, a year after his famous "I shall return?"  Then the politician can say, "You want to pull out of this war?  Then all our heroic Marines who died on that Iranian beach/island will have died in vain."

The mythology of World War II is so entrenched in the American mindset that this trick might work.  But what about the anger and frustration of the Trump base in the Dollar Store, Guns & Bibles hinterlands with the price of gasoline and the inflation that becomes impossible to hide, despite the assurances of government agencies that inflation has only gone up from 2.9% to, say, 3.05%?

Here is the real salvation for Trump: Stimmie checks, to help with the skyrocketing cost of living.  The Stimmie checks and supply chain disruptions caused a spike in inflation during the Covid era, so you could argue that Stimmie checks are counterproductive.

But most Americans live paycheck to paycheck.  A Stimmie check is tangible.  It helps them to survive until next month.  The politician who provides the check will get their vote.  Higher ensuing inflation seems intangible and theoretical to the average peasant.