dwindling base.

Somewhat sane, and sane people know t-rump, administration, cabinet and the Republican party are liars and only care about themselves.

Plus, grandmothers, mothers, aunts, nieces, sister, cousins, ok women in general do not want their sons, fathers, uncles, brothers, cousins, ok men in general to go to battle.

though they might know better, I'm not hearing a lot of people disavowing what he did.

dying in Iraq and will die in combat and associated hostile acts if we invade Iran, also.

So he thinks he's a tough guy, chest always so puffy guy.

Diplomacy by murder to help a flailing bafoon. Geez talk about a tin pot dick-tater.

Can our government look any worse?

The Trump administration is already in danger of losing control of the swift chain reaction and political storm unleashed by its killing of Iran's top general, Qasem Soleimani.

President Donald Trump's claim that the drone strike last week made Americans safer is being challenged by cascading events that appear to leave the US more vulnerable and isolated.

The administration's basis for the attack also came under renewed suspicion after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN that it was not "relevant" for him to reveal how imminent the attacks on US interests were that Trump said Soleimani was planning.

In proliferating signs of the deepening crisis, Iran on Sunday announced that it was shaking off restrictions on its uranium enrichment under the Obama-era nuclear deal. Iraq's parliament voted to expel US troops. A US exit could imperil its fight against extremism and consolidate Iranian influence in Baghdad. Dissent emerged inside the administration over the President's vow to strike cultural sites — or civilian targets — if Iran mounts reprisal strikes. Administration claims that the elimination of Soleimani, Iran's Middle East terror chief, sparked celebration in Iran were confounded by Tehran's orchestrating of Soleimani's funeral rites to launch a propaganda campaign to heal national divides.

Washington's European allies, meanwhile, distanced themselves from Trump's assault. The US-led ISIS coalition temporarily stopped action against the terror group to protect Iraqi bases from Iranian-backed militias. And in a new sign of widening gaps between Iraq and the US, Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi said he had been scheduled to meet Soleimani on the day he was killed to discuss an initiative to ease Iran-Saudi tensions.

In Kenya, three Americans were killed in an attack on a military base by Al-Shabaab, a jihadist group. The group follows a Sunni strand of Islam while Iran has a Shiite Muslim majority and there was no immediate link to the killing of Soleimani. But the attack was a reminder of both the vulnerability of US personnel to terror attacks and a sign that other US adversaries might try to take advantage of the tumult for their own ends.

The growing international tumult was matched by a worsening confrontation at home with Capitol Hill Democrats and Republicans becoming even more estranged over the President's impeachment trial, a drama that was triggered by Trump's handling of another foreign policy issue -- Ukraine -- and his efforts to use his power to coerce political dirt on his domestic opponents.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/politics/donald-trump-iran-iraq-impeachment/index.html

on how much finically this stupid stunt is causing taxpayers again? All the troop movements, activating the guard to full time . On and on.

Republican voters, I use to think voted for republicans because they are cheap and don’t want to help other citizens. Now, all they do is allow their head clown to waste money, huge sums and say and do nothing. I wish we could sue Trump, based on his lies he told and force him to fund our government back.

* appeasement of Israel and much needed boost to their far-right factions,
* appeasement to and boosting campaign support from Republican neocon supporters frightened by Bolton's fall,
* punishment for recent militant attacks on American interests in Iraq, and as many others have said....
* to distract from impeachment proceedings and budget deficit woes.

Regardless of his motives, IMO it will go down in history as one of the worst national security and diplomatic blunders in our history.

and Republican in Congress are still firmly in support.

as long as us LIBERALS are calling the shit out it really does not matter that the "reason" is to this brainwashed idiots.

Barb McQuade - a former US attorney - had listed out 28 different reasons/excuses that Trump and his surrogates have used regarding Ukraine - I'm sure that number has gone up since.

of course it won't hold water at all, and everyone will have moved on to the next outrage which will somehow manage to be even worse

has been defending the indefensible since he got in office. Well, they have actually done that during the campaign as well.

surveillance drone"

I read this and it bothers the hell out of me...And let me be clear, I am not defending Iran on anything, but...

USA sends a surveillance drone to Iran (a drone is unmanned), Iran doesn't like the fact that they are being spied on and they also know that drones do shoot and kill people, so they shoot the drone down, no US lives are lost but republicans expect whoever is president to attack a country because they shot a drone that was spying on them, or maybe even planning an attack as drones are used to do so? In Florida that is called "Stand your ground", someone just made you scared about your safety, you shoot, and all is well...which it has proven to be a crazy law, but nonetheless worth for comparison.

I really do not understand that logic...You spy on someone with a robot, they shoot it down, and you are supposed to start WW-III because of a robot so that millions of innocent people can get killed...Man, are we screwed out of our heads.

lying , for personal political gain is corrupt. He shouldn't be allowed to remain in his position for doing this. By the gop refusing to remove him now shows how little they care about these brave people defending our country for us. trump shows again he only cares about himself, not our service members. My god when will the gop put an end to this nightmare. I guess they'd rather destroy our country , our Democracy, and our national security to stay in power.

I just got back from the grocery store and parked next to a car with the bumper sticker "Veteran for Trump 2020".

So there's that. Do not underestimate the number of service personnel who support/supported him.