{"id":137645,"date":"2026-05-23T20:32:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T23:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/as-iran-war-drags-on-trump-and-fox-news-are-trapped-in-a-doom-loop\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T20:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T23:32:49","slug":"as-iran-war-drags-on-trump-and-fox-news-are-trapped-in-a-doom-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/as-iran-war-drags-on-trump-and-fox-news-are-trapped-in-a-doom-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"As Iran war drags on, Trump and Fox News are trapped in a doom loop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump\u2019s Iran war is a global strategic debacle and a domestic economic disaster<\/a> that has taken his public support to new depths. With the president\u2019s job approval hitting second-term lows, some Republicans are warning<\/a> that he may hurt the party\u2019s chances of retaining control of Congress in November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n

But even as some MAGA pundits are sounding the alarm<\/a> about the war and its political implications, Fox News\u2019 coverage of the Iran war remains consistently glowing. Trump is depicted on the network<\/a> as a steely-eyed negotiator who had \u201cthe courage, the wisdom, the fortitude to confront this Nazi-like regime,\u201d<\/a> in the words of one host. He now \u201cholds the cards\u201d against Iranian officials who are \u201cgrasping at straws,\u201d a Fox correspondent said. On rare occasions when Fox hosts buck that narrative<\/a> and express concern about the war\u2019s impact on the country and the GOP, they quickly pivot back<\/a> to the pro-war propaganda Trump craves<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In 2020, Fox\u2019s executives and stars faced a network near-death experience due to a rare moment of honesty.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

Fox\u2019s lockstep promotion of Trump\u2019s war reflects two crucial factors: The influence of current and former Fox hosts on the Trump administration, and the network\u2019s desperate desire to hold on to its MAGA viewership at all costs. And because Trump\u2019s own worldview is shaped by the network telling him that he\u2019s engaged in a globally historic victory that just needs more time \u2014 and perhaps further escalation<\/a> \u2014 the result is a doom loop without a clear exit.<\/p>\n

In Trump\u2019s first term, his obsessive consumption<\/a> of Fox\u2019s programming turned the network\u2019s hosts and correspondents into prominent participants in national politics. That pattern has intensified in his second term: Trump has selected<\/a> more than two dozen former Fox personalities to fill top roles in his administration, leaned on current Fox stars<\/a> for counsel and seemingly ordered policy changes like the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to U.S. airports based on<\/a> segments that caught his eye.<\/p>\n

Network hosts like Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Brian Kilmeade have long supported military strikes against Iran, and over the first few months of the year, they repeatedly used their programs to urge Trump to take action<\/a>. But since their predictions<\/a> of a quick and easy resolution gave way to a quagmire, they have been unable to respond coherently. Instead, when not praising Trump for his bravery in starting the war, they suggest risky escalations<\/a> they say will end it \u2014 from a special ops mission to seize Iran\u2019s uranium to the targeted assassinations of more Iranian leaders.<\/p>\n

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