Democrats are relentlessly attacking President Donald Trump for saying, "I don't think about Americans' financial situation" when he's weighing his next moves in the Iran war. Publicly, Trump's defenders are insisting that he wasn't being indifferent to Americans' economic concerns, only saying that he won't be deterred from his goals in Iran.

According to a Trump adviser interviewed by Axios, however, Trump was expressing his actual views.

That adviser, interviewed on condition of anonymity, told Axios, "The president could have chosen different words, but this is what he thinks."

Axios reporters Dave Lawler and Barak Ravid note, "What Trump appeared to mean in Tuesday's remark is that domestic economic concerns won't deter him from whatever steps he feels are necessary to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. That nuance is certain to be lost in the campaign ads Democrats cut highlighting the quote."

Another Trump advisor interviewed by Axios stressed that Trump is "serious about a non-nuclear Iran" but cautioned that "Iran has more time, and they're counting on our political calendar to benefit them."

According to Lawler and Ravid point out, "Some U.S. officials believe the American blockade is squeezing Iran and could force the country to buckle even without further kinetic action. Trump and his team have portrayed Iran as on the verge of economic cataclysm, though at least some U.S. intelligence analyses suggest the economy and oil infrastructure could hold up for several months."

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