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Iran war. The uproar over Trump's lengthy social media attack on the first American pope, as too liberal and too "weak on crime", together with the AI image, have crystallised a shift in opinion
opinion polls have shown that the US ally is becoming [increasingly unpopular](/news/2026/6/6/100-days-into-the-war-on-iran-trump-fails-to-rally-us-support) among the American public. Critics have argued for decades that the USS Liberty incident and the alleged cover-up that followed illustrate
Iran — where the US and Israel have waged a war against Tehran since February 28, though a fragile ceasefire is in place — said Malamud. Any attack on Cuba, he said, carries with it the very
Iran, refusing to participate directly as questions remain over whether the initial attack that killed the country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was legal under international law. That prompted Trump to compare Starmer to Neville
attacks on Iran. Trump exploded on social media later that night in a lengthy post on Truth Social, [calling](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/13/donald-trump-pope-leo) the pope “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy” and claiming that
opinion”. “Why do we want to have a fight with the pope?” Kennedy continued. “It’s a distraction. And the press just sucks it up like a Hoover Deluxe [vacuum cleaner].” Kennedy’s latest interview
opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Monday. There is no public evidence linking Iran directly to Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks against
Opinion polls in the US and Europe say the war is deeply unpopular. But widespread anger against the Iran war has failed to turn into mass street protests, such as during Israel’s genocidal
attacks on the US, EMET changed its name to the FDD, and over the next two decades, Iran became central to the organisation’s work. In congressional testimony during debates over the 2015 Iran nuclear
attacks were not enough to be considered a breach of the fragile ceasefire agreed upon in early April – a signal of the Trump administration’s lack of appetite to pick up fighting again, observers said
attack Iran, and the subsequent spike in oil and gas prices, are the latest sources of heartburn for Republicans who [were already feeling queasy](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/29/iran-war-trump-gop-midterms-prices-00849116) about public opinion that has turned against Trump
opinion polls and a fierce critic of Berlin’s support for Kyiv, said it confirmed a narrative of national decline. “One embarrassment follows the next: while Merz had intended to bring our country ‘back
opinion or knowledge of the conflict and quietly arranged the furniture before the next war arrived. When Israel attacked Iran in June 2025, a LEGO animation video with the soundtrack from Tehran started circulating online
American property,” Nasr wrote on X. “It is this kind of grotesque behaviour that undermines diplomacy and unites Iranians in defence of their country,” he added. “In the middle of delicate diplomacy he casts doubts
American corporate media, but this kind of incident is not rare,” said right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson, a former Trump ally. “The Israeli government has permitted its soldiers to behave like barbarians for decades
American pope are also playing a role in how the exchange is being interpreted by the public. The recent [back and forth started](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/06/nx-s1-5773147/pope-leo-calls-for-peace-and-an-end-to-world-conflicts-in-first-easter-mass) with Leo's calling for peace in response
opinion, is not very realistic,” he was quoted as saying. Iran has [threatened to strike back](/news/2026/5/1/iran-vows-long-painful-response-if-us-renews-attacks) if the US renews attacks, including on US assets in neighbouring Gulf countries. On Friday, United Arab Emirates
attacks on Pope Leo XIV intensifying the concerns. Relations between the two allies have been bruised by Trump’s public criticism of Britain’s refusal to back military action against Iran. In recent weeks
American terrorists”. Since then, it has struck US military assets and infrastructure across the Gulf region. Some experts said Iranian officials negotiating with the US are more closely aligned with the IRGC than other leaders
attack that killed his father. But the president’s chief of staff and his deputy for communications gave separate interviews to the state-linked ISNA news agency, saying Pezeshkian and IRGC commanders make decisions