Julia Harte

SpongeBob, Iron Man and Call of Duty: Inside the US meme war against Iran The White House video begins with a scene from "Call of Duty," the action-packed, first-person shooter game.

'An insane way to do things': How a George W. Bush WH comms official describes the Trump administration's 'gamification' of the war in Iran through memes featuring an unlikely medley including @callofduty.com #spongebob & (most weirdly imo) @donaldglover.bsky.social www.reuters.com/business/med...

As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes – and concerns Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants, healthcare reform, curbing waste and fraud, a...

My latest piece based on interviews with these 20 Trump voters is out today. It reveals the priorities they want the president to pursue in the coming year as the U.S. hurtles toward midterm elections. The main hope voiced by the group might surprise you. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Video of Minneapolis shooting convinced these Trump voters it was justifiable The video has become a political Rorschach test that elicits different verdicts.

There has been more consensus among the group on other issues. When it came to last month's fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, for example, all the voters agreed it was justifiable www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Pinched by higher prices, many Trump voters say: Don't blame the president Some of his voters told Reuters they blame structural issues for the rising cost of living.

Affordability dominated the national conversation in late 2025. I found that most of the voters had felt the pinch of higher prices, but didn't blame Trump - a trend borne out by national polling - with a few notable exceptions www.reuters.com/world/us/pin...

These Trump voters back his immigration crackdown, but some worry about his methods Some recoil at the way authorities are rounding up immigrants for deportation.

Last summer I zoomed in on the voters' reactions to Trump's immigration crackdown and found the group divided over ICE's tactics - and, interestingly, a majority in favor of immigration reform www.reuters.com/world/americ...

After 100 days, Trump voters feel tariffs, but most see long-term gain Trump was elected on a pledge to cut inflation and boost the economy but has started to lose support, particularly on economic issues, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling.

One early article in the series focused on how Trump's tariffs were affecting the voters, a multimedia story that involved 5,000 rubber ducks: www.reuters.com/business/aut...

I chose the voters out of 100s of respondents to an Ipsos poll. They aren't a statistically perfect portrait of all Trump voters, but their ages, education backgrounds, races/ethnicities, locations and voting histories roughly correspond to Trump’s 2024 electorate.

Each month since February 2025, I've done one-on-one interviews with the same 20 Trump voters to understand how they're feeling and faring under Trump's second presidency, as he drastically reshapes immigration enforcement, the economy, the federal government, and more.

Trump Voters Now How Trump voters are feeling in a changing America

Finally becoming an active blue sky user (blue-skyer?) and it seems appropriate to share the main thing I've been working on for the past year. It's the only project of its kind I'm aware of: www.reuters.com/world/americ...