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The Beat with Ari Melber

Trump's Iran War Now as Unpopular as Height of Iraq, Vietnam Wars

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

President Trump’s war in Iran is facing historic disapproval. MS NOW’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports and is joined by Molly Jong-Fast and Jared Bernstein.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Ayman Mohedin in for Ari Melburgh. Americans are turning on Trump as the war in Iran hits

0:06.2

their wallets. Trump's war is now as unpopular as the Iraq war was during the years of peak violence

0:13.7

in that country, which was 2006. And of course, the most infamous war, the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, 61% of Americans calling

0:24.2

the military action in Iran a mistake. Americans hit that level of disapproval after just two

0:31.0

months of war with Iran. During Iraq, it took over three years to reach that height. And for Vietnam, it actually

0:40.2

took six years. A striking comparison as the Iran war rattles the economy, and the end game

0:46.5

remains unclear for about almost everybody. Gas prices, well, you know the story. They have jumped to

0:53.4

$4.39 per gallon. That is the largest

0:57.8

one-day increase since the ceasefire was announced back on April 7. And since the war started,

1:04.3

the average price of gas in this country has now risen more than 47%. And in Chicago, gas just topped $5 a gallon for the first time

1:14.9

in four years. All of this as Americans and activists around the world rallied today for

1:20.6

May Day, an annual day of protest that typically centers around labor rights. You see here

1:27.1

demonstrations from North Carolina to Chile and France.

1:31.4

Here in the U.S., more than 500 organizations hosted over 4,000 events across this country.

1:36.8

The largest gathering since the No King's protests that took place earlier this year.

1:42.7

Now, this year, these protests taking on new meaning as Donald

1:46.5

Trump and protesters continue to clash. Trump is putting us on the brink of an economic crisis

1:55.4

when he should be investing in things that help improve our economy. We have war. We have the Strait of Hormuz closed. We have all of the things that help improve our economy. We have war.

2:01.6

We have the straight of Hormuz closed.

2:03.8

We have all of the things that are contributing to economic distress for the middle class and

2:07.3

the lower class.

2:08.1

Discussing when people cannot pay for the medication of their kids or for health insurance.

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