Trump's numbers were tanking even in the states he won. Something like 15 of the states he won in the election has him underwater in approval ratings. He was strong on the economy and immigration; those things got him elected.

He fucked up the economy with his schizophrenic tariff shit that he blew holes in for anyone that called him up and paid him.

He fucked up immigration, on both sides of the political spectrum, by not doing his mass deportations, just perp walking like 200 Venezuelans, but not even doing the rigor to check if those specifically could be deported, resulting in a major legal battle and embarrassment for the administration with Garcia. All they had to do was not deport that one guy and I'm sure his approval with his base would have been fine.

With nothing to really stand on, he tried pushing his dogshit Big Beautiful Bill, which will gut medicaid and balloon the deficit by like 5 Trillion. It's super unpopular with everyone with stiff resistance from both House and Senate Republicans.

And with the July 4th target date to pass it, this Iran shit happens.This is a last ditch effort to recapture his base and the public narrative after the wheels fell off not even half a year into his second term.

And there's always the more-than-plausible conspiracy that he's being blackmailed and pressured by foreign powers because of his involvement with Epstein, where he continuously refused to release the files. And if it isn't blackmail, it's probably just naked greed: Soaking in money Israel in various ways. If there has been nothing else to take away from the last decade, it's that Trump is self interested in making money. Merch and meme coins for MAGA, to pay for legal fees, until they have no more money left.