New Delhi, March 29 -- The US-Israeli war on Iran is in its fifth week, and according to opinion polls, it is the most unpopular conflict in the country's history. This is more bad news for the Donald Trump administration, which is already on the back foot in the midterm elections in November.

A prolonged war, or even more US losses, including service personnel, could further tilt the vote in favour of the Democrats, leaving Trump a lame-duck president for the rest of his second and last term in office.

Despite Trump's repeated suggestion that his name could be on the ballot in 2028, the 79-year-old is unlikely to get a third term, leaving one of his two close confidants as his likely successor as the Republican Presidential candidate....