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<title><![CDATA[Michael Wilner - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/53001.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Michael Wilner]]></description><category domain="53001">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump in Perilous Polling Territory as Midterms Approach]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Wilner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mired in a persistent cost of living crisis and an unpopular war with Iran, President Trump reached a perilous milestone last week, registering an'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' approval rating of 34%'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in a top-tier poll '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a record low less than halfway through his second term.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Defiant Iran Leaves Trump With Few Options]]></title>
							<link>https://www.aol.com/news/defiant-iran-leaves-trump-few-100000101.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Wilner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A legal deadline for congressional authorization threatens to increase pressure on the administration '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and underscore lagging support for the unpopular war.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Swalwell Scandal Sparks Fears of Deeper Rot on Capitol Hill]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/swalwell-scandal-sparks-fears-of-deeper-rot-on-capitol-hill/ar-AA20TtXT</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Wilner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s downfall'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has raised the possibility of a broader reckoning on Capitol Hill as congressional staffers, reporters and opposition researchers race to verify long-standing rumors of a sordid underground culture among the city's most powerful.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Strait of Hormuz Blockade Risks Clash With China]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/news-analysis-trumps-strait-hormuz-173739073.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Wilner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump responded to the collapse of high-stakes negotiations with Iran by escalating the conflict on Sunday, ordering a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' full blockade of shipping'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' through the Strait of Hormuz '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a risky move that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' could drive global oil prices higher'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and provoke confrontation with a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Searching for Iran War Endgame]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-is-searching-for-an-endgame-to-the-iran-war/ar-AA1YEy09</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Wilner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' two weeks of war'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' with Iran, the Trump administration is being forced to temper its expectations of a swift end to the conflict, with U.S. intelligence and defense officials expressing doubt it can achieve the overthrow of Iran's government and the destruction of its nuclear...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Admin's Playbook Falters in Response To ICE Shooting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-s-playbook-falters-in-crisis-response-to-minneapolis-shooting/ar-AA1UWQq8</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Wilner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has blamed the death of an American citizen at the hands of immigration agents in Minnesota on the victim within hours of their killing for the second time this month, calling'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the late Alex Jeffrey Pretti'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' an "assassin" and "domestic terrorist" without opening...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Political Lesson for LA From an Unrestrained President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/news-analysis-political-lesson-l-173201054.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Wilner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When racial justice protests roiled cities across America at the depths of the pandemic, President Trump, then in his first term, demonstrated restraint. Threats to invoke the Insurrection Act and to federalize the National Guard never materialized.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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