Trump on 'extraordinarily narrow ledge' as he takes on war at his lowest point: journalist

President Donald Trump has little room to maneuver politically after pushing the nation into war with Iran, according to a veteran journalist.

The 79-year-old president ordered the airstrikes at his lowest approval yet, and early polling shows just one in four Americans approve of the operation, and CNN's Ron Brownstein said that leaves Trump in a perilous position.

"They seem to be staggering toward the rationale they're likely to stick with, which is this is about degrading their military capability...