A Question on the State of U.S. National Unity

[longly]

If the Iranian government carried out an attack on U.S. soil that resulted in the death of President Trump, how do you think the American public would react?

Would people be outraged?
Would there be strong support for going to war with Iran?
Would the public demand the destruction of that regime?

My sense is that the reaction would be mixed. Some people would be outraged, but others would be indifferent. I do not think there would be enough national consensus to create a strong demand for war.

Please participate in my poll; I am genuinely curious about how people think the country would react.

 

[yidnar]

If the Iranian government carried out an attack on U.S. soil that resulted in the death of President Trump, how do you think the American public would react?

Would people be outraged?
Would there be strong support for going to war with Iran?
Would the public demand the destruction of that regime?

My sense is that the reaction would be mixed. Some people would be outraged, but others would be indifferent. I do not think there would be enough national consensus to create a strong demand for war.

Please participate in my poll; I am genuinely curious about how people think the country would react.

the US has already apprehended Iranian sleeper cells in the US .. several times .. Iran has been at war with the US for 47 yrs .



AI Overview



Iran's campaign of terror and asymmetric warfare against the United States spans nearly five decades, primarily conducted through a network of proxy militias and state-sponsored plots. These hostile operations have targeted U.S. diplomatic and military personnel abroad, as well as political figures and dissidents within the American homeland.


Proxy Warfare and Military Targeting

Tehran relies on a vast network of regional proxies—most notably Hezbollah, Kataib Hezbollah, and other Iran-backed militias—to bleed U.S. forces and undermine American influence in the Middle East.

• Historical Strikes: Significant early attacks include the 1983 bombings of the U.S. Embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut, which killed hundreds of American service members. Between 2003 and 2011, Iranian-supplied "explosively formed penetrators" (EFPs) were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. troops in Iraq.
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• Recent Escalations: From late 2023 through 2024, Iran and its proxies launched over 180 attacks on U.S. military bases in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan, resulting in dozens of injuries and three American deaths.
  Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Plots on U.S. Soil

Beyond the Middle East, Iran has repeatedly attempted to bring its campaign of violence directly onto American territory, frequently using criminal proxies and operatives.

• Assassination Plots: In late 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed charges against an Iranian operative and American accomplices regarding a plot to assassinate Donald Trump. In 2025, U.S. juries convicted Iranian agents for separate, ongoing plots to murder prominent Iranian-American dissidents and journalists on U.S. soil.
  Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Cybersecurity and Extortion

Iran maintains a highly active cyber warfare apparatus that routinely targets U.S. infrastructure, government agencies, and civic organizations. Iranian state-sponsored actors and affiliated hacktivists frequently engage in ransomware-style extortion operations, intellectual property theft, and low-level denial-of-service attacks to disrupt American systems.

 

[Cassandro]

Since we are already in a military conflict with Iran, the question is somewhat moot. Unless you include Democrat sleeper cells.

 

[yidnar]

Since we are already in a military conflict with Iran, the question is somewhat moot. Unless you include Democrat sleeper cells.

and the left seems to forget that Iran attacked US forces over 180 times in 2023 and 2024 alone !

AI Overview




Between October 2023 and November 2024 alone, Iran and its regional proxy militias conducted more than 180 attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan. Tracked by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, these strikes heavily utilized rockets, ballistic missiles, and drones, resulting in over 180 U.S. injuries and three American service members killed.

 

[JGalt]

If the Iranian government carried out an attack on U.S. soil that resulted in the death of President Trump, how do you think the American public would react?

Would people be outraged?
Would there be strong support for going to war with Iran?
Would the public demand the destruction of that regime?

My sense is that the reaction would be mixed. Some people would be outraged, but others would be indifferent. I do not think there would be enough national consensus to create a strong demand for war.

Please participate in my poll; I am genuinely curious about how people think the country would react.

An Iraqi with ties to the IRGC was only recently arrested for plotting to kill Ivanka Trump, for the 2020 death of Qasem Soleimani.

Exclusive | Ivanka Trump targeted for assassination by IRGC terrorist in twisted plot to avenge president taking out his mentor: sources

I don't think we've hurt those shitheads hard enough that they want to quit fighting.

 

[longly]

Since we are already in a military conflict with Iran, the question is somewhat moot. Unless you include Democrat sleeper cells.

The problem is that, as things stand right now, President Trump is pretty much limited to defensive, retaliatory actions. With that approach, nothing will be accomplished, because the Iranians have a large stockpile of material to work with. To take offensive action, he would need either a declaration of war or an authorization from Congress.

But what I was referring to wasn’t the war with Iran — I was talking about national unity.

There was a time in this country when, if a foreign power assassinated the President of the United States, people from all sides of the political spectrum would be outraged and demand retaliation, even demand war. That’s why Lee Harvey Oswald’s communist ties were kept quiet for so long — leaders were afraid the public would be outraged and demand war with Russia or Cuba, and people worried it could escalate into a nuclear conflict.

But now, if a foreign power assassinated President Trump, many Americans on the left might say something like, “Good shooting.” Of course, that’s just my perspective, and I could be wrong.

 

[PeterPilot]

Speaking of assassinating POTUS, a foreign country has already participated in such, and 60 years later the US electorate has been conditioned to see that foreign country as an ally.

When everything the American people believe is false, we will know the success of our misinformation efforts.