The rift within President Trump’s MAGA movement over his decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities is deepening.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) described the airstrikes as “not constitutional” and denounced Trump’s comments about regime change in Tehran, posting, “This is not America First folks.”

Trump responded with a broadside on Truth Social in which he described Massie as a “simple minded ‘grandstander’” who is “disrespectful to our great military.”

Trump has been sparring with the isolationist wing of his own movement over military action in Iran since Israel started bombing. In a conversation with Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson claimed that Trump’s coalition is “being blown up over this war on Iran.”

Trump responded, “Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that, ‘IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!’”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) defended Carlson and complained that “The Uniparty is out to politically destroy me for opposing regime change in Iran.” Pundit Charlie Kirk worried that the war will “cause a massive schism in MAGA.”

Conservative critics of the president’s decision to join Israel’s assault on Iran have long presented Trump as a courageous........

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