Bombs are dropping, drones are flying and U.S. troops are dying in the Middle East. But the Trump administration still has to get an unenthusiastic American public up to speed about why the Pentagon intervened there in the first place.
Critics say Trump is not doing enough to reach skeptical Americans about the administration’s ambitions — and that the war’s unpopularity may only increase the longer that the U.S. is involved.
Those critics aren’t just Democrats. Even some in the interventionist wing of the Republican Party think that the administration hasn’t done enough to get the public on board.