It’s been more than a month since President Donald Trump declared a red line on Iran. But Trump’s choice amounts to this: He can either enforce his red line — however belatedly — or do something quite politically fraught. Those are three pretty strong rejections of Trump’s red line. And those numbers were especially striking because some of the same pollsters showed Americans were much more evenly split on Trump’s initial Iran strikes. We could find out in the coming days how serious Trump is about enforcing his red line on Iran.

Source: CNN February 19, 2026 21:38 UTC