MSNOW aired a segment Thursday in which North Carolina voters described their “angst” over the war with Iran and the economic consequences they said have followed. One woman who identified herself as a supporter of President Donald Trump said she comes from a family of Trump voters who have become “disillusioned” with his performance.

The segment was broadcast during a panel discussion on the war. Journalist Molly Jong-Fast noted, “Politico had a poll that came out yesterday, and it showed that 1 in 5 self-identified MAGA voters wants this war over today.” Host Antonia Hylton said Trump has tried to “rhetorically work his way out of accountability on this,” pointing to his recent claim that while “voters are stressed about gas prices,” “they're not unsupportive of the war.”

The North Carolina voters interviewed by MSNOW offered responses that ran counter to the president’s assertion. Their comments also underscored why the administration’s handling of the war is being measured not only as a foreign-policy issue, but as an economic one for voters who are weighing military costs alongside household expenses.

“My opinion on the war,” one woman said, “It's an unnecessary war that should never have taken place.”

When another respondent was asked whether the war’s rising $37.5 billion cost could have been used for other needs, she replied, “Roads, schools, lower prices, anything but this.”

A third woman, visibly upset, gave an answer that reflected frustration among some MAGA voters over the situation. Asked whether the war had improved her life in any way, she shook her head and said, “No. For one thing, it causes me angst. Makes me angry. I'm very disillusioned. My entire family is disillusioned. And we are and were Trump supporters.”

Republican strategist Susan del Percio said the reaction did not surprise her. She contrasted the current conflict with earlier “forever wars,” saying that in those cases the public had at least been given an explanation for why the United States was involved. In the case of Iran, she said, “We entered this war for no reason that Trump can properly explain.”

Del Percio also connected the conflict to voters’ concerns about fuel costs. “When we look at gas prices[,] they went up, they went up, went up, they ticked down. We never see gas prices go up, go up, tick down and then tick back up so quickly, which tells the American public that this war is directly in correlation,” she said.

Jong-Fast said new polling indicates that only one-third of self-identified MAGA voters believe the war is worth the economic costs. She described that as a 13-point decline since May, when Trump had the support of more than half of MAGA voters on the issue. That movement within Trump’s own base is a key reason the segment focused on self-identified supporters rather than only on Democratic or independent criticism.

Another poll from Fox News also showed difficult numbers for the president, with one leading political reporter calling the results the “end days for GOP.”

According to Fox, “If the election were today, 53 percent of voters would back the Democratic candidate in their House district and 46 percent the Republican. That 7-point edge is just outside the poll’s margin of error. Democrats were up by 5 points in April. Notably, 53 percent is the highest percentage either party has received on the generic House ballot in Fox News polling since 1996.”

The Fox poll also found that “Trump’s job approval remains near a record low, more Democrats are motivated to vote, Republicans join Democrats and independents in rating the economy negatively, and 4 in 10 voters want ‘dramatic’ or ‘revolutionary’ change.” Together with the MSNOW interviews, the polling points to the same pressure point for the White House: whether Trump can maintain support for the war among voters who say its costs are being felt at home.