Is the right’s era of good feelings and unity coming to an end?

For the past year, the many factions of the GOP have been united around the cause of restoring Donald Trump to the White House. But now that they’ve done that, tensions are spilling out into the open on several different issues.

The most intense criticism has come on Ukraine. In the past week, administration officials have made major concessions to Russian demands, while publicly berating Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy, cutting him out of negotiations, trying to strong-arm him into handing over mineral rights to the US, and even absurdly claiming Ukraine started the war.

Many of the right’s more traditional internationalists or hawks on the right are utterly appalled by this, viewing it as Trump throwing Ukraine to the wolves. Criticism has poured in from leading figures at National Review, the Free Press, and the Murdoch-owned entities Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post — criticism that has spurred Vice President JD Vance to respond in long-form X posts defending the administration’s approach.

Others on the right have felt uneasy about Trump’s handling of the Justice Department. The attempt to dismiss the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams was condemned by some longtime

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