Trump approval falls to record low of 31% as midterms near

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are facing low approval rates and crucial elections, and this has ramped up imminent strikes warnings against Iran. On the other hand, inside Iran, a rhetorical storm has pushed hardliners to openly declare that it is time for a nuclear deterrent. This, as Iran officially remains against building an atomic bomb. What could happen? Take a look. The tensions are at an all time high. An attack on Iran can come any time. Israel's jets are ready. Additional American warships are rushing to the theater of war in West Asia. Iran has warned that any attack would force it to launch a ground invasion on its Gulf neighbors. The war has created a dangerous paradox. The more Iran is attacked, the louder the calls grow inside the country for the one weapon its leadership has long rejected, a nuclear bomb. The Financial Times reports that Iranian hardliners are increasingly arguing that nuclear weapons are now a necessity, with some demanding that Tehran leave the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The debate has intensified since U.S.-Israeli offensive killed the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February this year. His religious decree or fatwa prohibited nuclear weapons. Despite the growing rhetoric, Iran has not publicly announced a decision to build a nuclear weapon. And there is no publicly established evidence that it is currently building one. Iranian officials continue to say that their nuclear program is peaceful and that their doctrine against nuclear weapons has not changed. The Supreme Leader's fatwa remains central to that official position, even as hardliners challenge it. But the rhetoric keeps rising. Trump is reportedly planning to unleash the biggest non-nuclear bomb in the American arsenal. It is called the mother of all bombs. To this, the Iranians say that they have the father of all bombs. There is no stopping this war of words. At the same time, Iran is showcasing its expanding drone industry. Footage from an underground production facility highlights new unmanned aircraft and Tehran's push for greater production. Iranian claims about GPS independent navigation, AI-assisted targeting in an upgraded version of the Arash drone. On the other hand, both American and Israeli leaders are facing a tough electoral battle. And at the heart of it is the issue of Iran. Benjamin Netanyahu is facing Israel's voters on October 27th. And Donald Trump is confronting American midterms on November 3rd. Washington is signaling overwhelming conventional firepower. Tehran is displaying its new weapons and watching a debate over nuclear arms that was once a political taboo. The next strike could therefore do more than damage a military target. It could reshape Iran's internal debate about the ultimate weapon, while two leaders facing crucial elections calculate the risk of this escalation. Bureau report, we are World is One.