Posted on 06/18/2025 4:57:45 AM PDT by RandFan
The prospect of U.S. involvement in an increasingly volatile conflict between Israel and Iran has cleaved clear divisions within the MAGA movement – a rarity over the course of President Trump’s decade-long political career.
Top Trump allies have pleaded their case in recent weeks directly to the president and on social media for why the U.S. should fully avoid engaging in any dispute between Iran and Israel. On another side, other Trump allies are arguing it is in the president’s interest to take a more aggressive posture toward Iran.
Some have suggested the schism could fracture the president’s coalition. Sources who spoke with The Hill downplayed that notion, arguing Trump is the ultimate arbiter of what constitutes “America first.”
Here is who falls into each camp.
Advocating for non-intervention
A vocal group of influential MAGA voices have been banging the drum in recent days to argue against any kind of U.S involvement in a conflict with Iran.
Those figures have made the case that targeting Iran would contradict Trump’s “America First” foreign policy rhetoric and would echo the mistakes of the George W. Bush administration, which Trump has sharply criticized.
“This is exactly the same pitch as the Iraq war,” former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon said on Tucker Carlson’s show on X.
Carlson has also been an outspoken opponent of U.S. involvement in the Middle East, going as far as to call out by name individuals he claimed were “warmongers” in the president’s ear.
The former Fox News host voiced frustrations after Israel late last week launched missile strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and killed multiple top Iranian military officials. Carlson wrote that Trump was “complicit in the act of war” and said what occurs next in the region “will define Donald Trump’s presidency.”
Those comments did not sit well with Trump, who derided Carlson as “kooky” in a social media post.
Coming to Carlson’s defense was a typically staunch Trump ally: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). She posted on X that Carlson’s opposition to foreign wars did not make him “kooky.”
“Americans want cheap gas, groceries, bills, and housing. They want affordable insurance, safe communities, and good education for their children. They want a government that works on these issues,” Greene posted on Tuesday.
“Considering Americans pay for the entire government and government salaries with their hard earned tax dollars, this is where our focus should be,” Greene added. “Not going into another foreign war.”
They are fighting prophecy imo.
Nope. The Hill is just trying to divide us.
The Hill should write about the deMS-13 position. It’s very easy. Whatever position Trump takes, they are against it.
EC
>> Use your First Amendment :-)
Yes, please do. By all means!
There is great value for all of us conservatives in exposing those of you who have more in common with Bernie Sanders and Maxine Waters than with Donald Trump and MAGA.
>> Nope. The Hill is just trying to divide us.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And what’s more, they’re amplifying a SMALL faction’s voice to pretend that the camps for and against Israel are roughly equal. Gaslighting, IOW.
Despicable bastard leftist media, doing what despicable bastards do...
>> Charlie Kirk poll. “Should the US get involved in Israel’s war against Iran?”:
How does Charlie Kirk define “get involved”...?
Some faces are “punchworthy”. It’s just a fact.
>> Fighting the proxies doesn’t bother people, but fighting the puppet-masters directly puts their knickers in a twist.
EXCELLENT point! Thank you for articulating it.
And, the benefit to this war is that it gives Trump every reason to pull us out of any involvement in Ukraine.
Anyone or country to believe it’s safe to allow Iran to have such a weapon is maximum stupidity in motion they feed on the kill motive trained from birth to do so for anyone who doesn’t believe in their religion.
They use their religion as a front for their actions of a crazy person.
Letterman agrees with Israel and Trump.
Where are the BS articles from left wing hacks about the Democrats “splintered”?
If there was I doubt Randfag would post it.
Did the poll define involved? No. So it’s useless.
You guys were treated like dog crap. I hated it even at 10 years old.
You did your jobs. The cluster f×÷k medal wearers screwed you guys.
Thank you for what you did.
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