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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.”
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I say we stay out of it. Let Israel handle it. They are perfectly capable.
That instinct is shared by many
Thank you for your sobering post
The sHill=No read.
It’s a decent article please consider it
Agree. Israel is strong enough to fight this one without our being directly involved.
i think Trump’s job is very important in this conflict. To keep China, Russia, Pakistan, N Korea, Etc from aiding Iran with big talk. That is about it.
LOL...
Poll Finds Overwhelming Support for Israeli Strikes—and for Trump’s Response—Among MAGA Base
Has MAGA been divided over our missile strikes against Yemen? I hadn’t read about that. How is this conflict different?
Free beacon poll? That’s a neocon outfit
What I posted is balanced and more accurate
Wishful thinking Randtard. If FR had a block button you’d be an unknown like Methmom and her Zbots friends.
The First Amendment only applies to the government controlling speech. I haven’t seen anyone mentioning”afraid” of posting here.
I don’t think I’ve heard of anyone mentioning a single “foot on the ground” in Iran.
I wonder why it was OK to drop bombs all over Syria and Yemen, yet not for the regime that has actually killed American soldiers? Where was Tucker then?
I trust Trump to make the proper decision. He likes to try to sound like Patton and Churchill. His actions have usually been measured. Pay attention to what he does, not what he says.
LOLOL...
Other polls find 85% opposition to US getting directly involved.
There are lies, big lies, and then there are polls.
Yet an article from Pollutico is “accurate” because they are balanced and unbiased ...
LMFAO....
FR has a few like you who have that liberal tendancy of freaking out over alternate views. Oh no, someone who doesn’t think like me. Can’t have that/can’t see that. You sound like a lefty college professor.
As one who served in the military during Vietnam, I know the frustration that we had was that it seemed that our brass didn’t want to win the war. And to this day, I believe we could have won it without the politician’s interference. My brother was a tank commander who sat in his tank, with the VC in sight, and was ordered not to fire because it would damage a French Rubber Tree, and the US would have to compensate France for it. So, this situation reminds me of that, where we have the weapons that can end it quickly, but our politicians are getting cold feet. Indecision and the lack of the will to win costs thousands of my brothers needlessly. That is what is meant about ‘endless wars’. Trump wants to finish it quickly. I agree.
What would Iran hating us more look like? For working more closely with Israel. Would they chant ‘Death to America’! more loudly?
and then there’s Pollutico.... LMFAO
I stand corrected, i mean the sHill....so let me edit
Yet an article from the sHill is “accurate” because they are balanced and unbiased ...
LMFAO....
The only reason we are at people peeing themselves is Israel being brutually efficient when it needs to be. The precision and alacrity has left alot of the world in the dust. Scrambling to sound offended.
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