Daily Beast reports a Trump endorsement could be a problem for more and more voters in the general election, according to information taken from Reuters.
“President Donald Trump’s deal with Iran has done little to boost his standing among his own voters,” said Daily Beast reporter Wiktoria Gucia. “Interviews conducted by Reuters with Americans who voted for the 80-year-old president suggest many remain skeptical of the agreement he struck this month to end the war that sent gas prices soaring above $5 a gallon.”
Trump voters went so far as to say they would reconsider backing candidates endorsed by the president in the upcoming midterm elections.
"A lot of people say: 'Why should I vote when the president's not doing what he promised?'" said Juan Rivera, 26, while canvassing Latino neighborhoods.
Hispanic voters were central to Trump’s 2024 victory, with the president winning 48 percent of the Latino vote — a 12-point improvement from four years earlier, according to the Pew Research Center. However, he is now bleeding support among this key voter bloc.
Steve Egan, 65, from Tampa, Florida, voted for Trump but became disillusioned as the president’s 2025 tariffs hit his business. Egan told Reuters that when deciding who to vote for in the upcoming midterm elections, any candidate endorsed by Trump would be “the kiss of death.”
A number of Trump voters speaking with Reuters said they were disappointed with the president’s handling of the war with Iran, arguing that he failed to deliver on what he set out to achieve. Others said that entering the conflict ran counter to his earlier promise to avoid foreign entanglements.
“We need to truly weaken the Iranian regime instead of this, ‘beat them up a little bit and then step back and let them rebuild,’” Terry Alberta, 65, told Reuters.
Rivera, similarly, told the outlet that the Trump “criticized his predecessors about negotiating with terrorists, and he’s basically done the same exact thing.”
One Trump voter speaking with Reuters complained that the Iran attack appeared to benefit oil companies at the expensive of increased pump prices. Another argued Trump’s war had “triggered greater international hostility toward the United States.”
And while Trump’s memorandum of understanding he signed on June 17 originally appeared to have broad support among Republican voters, the Beast reports prominent Republicans have grown to question the fine print and whether it delivers on the president’s claimed objectives of disarming Iran and freeing the Iranian people from their onerous government.
“I hate to say this in this deal. The biggest loser is the United States and India,” proclaimed “Bolling” host Eric Bolling.
“I will say that the early returns do not look wildly promising at this point,” lamented MAGA influencer Ben Shapiro. “… Let's be very clear. This is the vice president's deal. It does not have support.”