Trump Faces MAGA Backlash Over Iran War

The movement saw friction over the handling of the Epstein files. The Iran war threatens a deeper fracture.

Senior Reporter, HuffPost

Politics Reporter, HuffPost

Prominent conservatives and MAGA influencers normally allied with President Donald Trump are publicly questioning his war on Iran, prompting aggressive pushback from the president and his administration.

Right-wing luminaries including Tucker Carlson, Matt Walsh, Megyn Kelly and former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene have criticised the war or noted the president’s shifting justifications. Elected Republicans have taken notice.

“The president did a masterful job of creating an eclectic coalition, but I can see where this is a wedge for some of them,” Republican Senator Thom Tillis told HuffPost.

The Iran war is an obvious betrayal of Trump’s campaign pledge for “no new wars.”

Carlson called the war “absolutely disgusting and evil” and said Trump could lose support from his most loyal voters.

Sean Davis, CEO of the Trump-friendly news website The Federalist, said it wasn’t clear if the goal was to “free the Iranian people or degrade their nuclear........

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