# Is Trump testing the limits of US power? | The Bottom Line

https://mins.news/en/video/38789

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-31 13:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nDf8C7l6cQ

> Steve Clemons speaks with The Hill’s Niall Stanage and Politico’s Irie Sentner about the Republican and Democratic parties’ prospects in the upcoming November 3 local elections. Stanage says the Trump administration’s shift from the US-Iran war to an economic war is intended to push the issue out of the spotlight until after the vote. Sentner argues that the war and resulting price rises remain major concerns for voters.

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