Trump loyalist warns president MAGA won't forgive him for crossing this red line
President Donald Trump has plunged his administration into strife over a U.S. military strike on Iran.
The president is seriously considering joining Israel's conflict with the Middle Eastern power, which has angered the isolationist wing of the MAGA coalition and sparked discord among his senior officials, although vice president JD Vance has vociferously defended Trump's consideration of an attack, reported NOTUS.
“I just wanted to explain to the American people, if you want safety, part of safety, and I think all Americans want that, is ensuring that the worst people in the world don’t have a nuclear bomb,” Vance told reporters, explaining his lengthy X post justifying a strike.
Administration officials have insisted that Trump's public threats against Iran are meant as leverage to get the country to agree to his terms on a nuclear deal, but MAGA luminaries Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (D-GA) have come out against military action – although a source told NOTUS that Republicans will trust the president no matter what he decides.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene and the MAGA movement respect Trump," said that source. "They know his decision-making is based on one thing: what’s best for the American people ... Republicans are going to have different feelings. Democrats are fractured on this, too — they don’t know whether to support Israel or Hamas.”
The schism has fractured the White House into competing factions, according to a MAGA Republican strategist close to the White House who described Trump's current policy as a "roller coaster" that reminded them of the days right after his "Liberation Day" announcement set off tariff chaos.
“Before, it was Navarro versus Musk," that GOP strategist said. "Now, it’s Tulsi and JD versus Rubio and AIPAC."
Republican lawmakers are split on military action against Iran, with hawks like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) strongly in favor and isolationists like Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) strongly against, but the MAGA loyalist told NOTUS that Trump risked fracturing his coalition for good.
"Asked whether the base will eventually get over it if Trump decides to intervene, the loyalist was blunt: 'It’s definitely no,'" NOTUS reported.