Rove says Iran may create ‘problems’ before midterms to hurt Trump

Republican strategist Karl Rove on Monday said Iran could create “problems” to hurt President Trump ahead of November’s midterm elections.

“The Iranians are not dumb,” Rove told Fox News’s Paul Gigot. “They know that the fall campaign starts in earnest on Labor Day. I would not be surprised to see them attempt to have an influence on the outcome by creating problems in mid-August and causing oil prices to rise and uncertainty to grow.”

Gigot noted that Trump “has some persuading to do to convince the public” that the Iran war has been a success for the U.S. Rove pushed back, asking what “do they say is a success? before referring to a recent Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute poll.

“And in that poll, they ask the respondents, ‘What do you want out of all of this?'” the strategist said. “And they offered them several –– three options. The first was we’re in a negotiation: Iran government remains but in exchange for limits on their nuclear missile programs. And then two other change-oriented options.”

Rove also pointed to the survey’s findings that suggested 17 percent of........

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