Speaking Monday in the key midterms battleground of Michigan, the 47th president sounded a lot like the 46th, Joe Biden. And he compared managing the Iran conflict and prices to “playing a banjo.” It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure that out,” added Kaine — who described his Senate GOP colleagues as “frustrated” by Trump’s Iran war stewardship and other antics. Support for the Iran war among Trump’s MAGA base appears increasingly tied to its economic impact. An average of 10 public opinion surveys conducted in recent weeks put Trump’s approval rating for his handling of the Iran conflict at 36.7 percent, according to a RealClearPolitics calculation.