# Selling the war: Purges, polygraphs and propaganda | The Listening Post

https://mins.news/en/video/56075

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-12 17:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MlBn-TiGSo

> With the US midterm elections only weeks away, Donald Trump’s administration is trying to present a positive narrative about a war with Iran that shows no sign of easing. Rising fuel and grocery costs, the president’s provocative social media posts and the Pentagon’s combative relationship with the press are making that message increasingly difficult to sell.

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