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“Anyone who goes for the United States to get fully committed to the Israel/Iran War is not America First/Maga … We are sick and tired of foreign wars.”
These are the words of congress MP Marjorie Taylor Greene – usually considered one of the most loyal supporters of Donald Trump. They emphasize the deep separation that occurred in the Maga movement when the US President warms up the idea of using military power against Iran.
For many of Trump’s most passionate supporters, that would be a deep betrayal. One of his most consistent campaign topics was his conviction of “Forever Wars”. In a typical outbreak in 2019, he announced: “Going to the Middle East is the worst decision that has ever been made.”
Many of the politicians and experts who are most connected to the Maga movement have now expressly emerged against the war against the war against Iran. The critics include Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon and the former congressions Matt Gaetz. Carlson used his newsletter to push: “Let Israel fall. Let her wage her own wars” and added: “Donald Trump’s presidency will define what happens next.”
There are also signs that the anti -war connects to the left with the anti -war. When Thomas Massie, a conservative republican congress member, submitted a house decision try to block The US participation in the war this week quickly received a variety of co-sponsors from the democratic left, including the congress member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Trump herself has already knocked his critics back from the Maga movement and described Carlson as a “crazy” on social media. In the meantime, the traditional role of America as a global policary (sometimes referred to as neoconservatives) within the Republican Party have compiled to support Trump’s increasingly tighter line on Iran. The supporters include the senators Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell.
The separation in Trump’s base extends to the right media scene. Greene sentenced Fox News and New York Post for Cheerleading for the war. Carlson has now used his own media platform to pursue the neokonservatives – and carried out a particularly aggressive interview with Ted Cruz, in which he accused the Republican Senator of Cheerleading in Texas for a country against a country that he knew nothing about.
The Vice President JD Vance is known that it has been skeptical about the war against Iran for many months. Buckley Carlson, Tucker’s son, is his deputy press spokeswoman.
But Vance is now trying to act as a peace founder between the collapsing factions within the Maga movement. In a contribution to X, He advocated that Trump “has deserved a certain confidence in this topic”. He also tried to reassure restless Maga supporters that the president is “only interested in using the American military to achieve the goals of the American people”.
An economist/YouGov survey undertook a few days ago Suggested it 53 percent of Trump supporters declined the US war, with only 19 percent supporting participation. That could change if and when American planes start flying missions over Iran. The early days of a war often create a “rally for the flag effect”.
But when the war goes wrong, there will be bitter accusations. Iran could be the problem that the Maga movement breaks.
