The all guns Republican Party priorities backfire.

It looks like Trump and the Republican's war with Iran is a strategic blunder. Support for Ukraine could have helped the cause of democracy more. With Iran, I think it would have been better to wait things out and let Iran struggle with it's own internal problems. It's people were starting to turn against it's government while the government was mismanaging water shortages and other domestic issues in Iran. Now the people of Iran are more rallying behind the country that's under attack.

Meanwhile the effectiveness of domestic government, in the US, is in jeopardy. Trump's latest budget request calls for huge increases in defense spending to support the war while hinting at significant cuts to things like Medicare. Republicans tend to support war spending more than domestic spending, but slashing things like Medicare are politically difficult. Many voter's lives depend on programs like Medicare, so Trump's budget would be unlikely to pass even in this slightly Republican Congress.

Republican aversion to any tax increases, even on the super wealthy, will likely just push such huge deficits that the solvency of the federal government is likely to be in question. This may lead to another financial crisis which could be smoothed over by printing more money and more inflation.

Politicians, whether they be Republican or Democrat, tend to panic during a financial crisis, such as when covid closed down the economy in 2020. Money was created, back then, to keep things solvent.

Somewhat like Iran, though not as serious, the mismanagement of our government is leading to much dissatisfaction among the American people. Hopefully the vote will swing against Republicans in the November Midterms.