Trump promised the MAGA base no new wars. Then he went to war with Iran

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(NPR) The Trump administration's justification for war in Iran is exacerbating tensions within the president's political coalition and highlights an increasing disagreement on what "America First" means.

In the hours after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks that killed Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and let to an ongoing conflict that has seen the deaths of six U.S. service members so far, a vocal contingent of Trump's supporters have increased their criticism of the operation and the man who ordered it.

They include figures like conservative commentator Matt Walsh, who argued in a series of posts on X that efforts by the White House and other conservatives to massage the narrative around the attacks were, "to put it mildly, confused."

As Congress is set to vote on bipartisan war powers resolutions this week to curb operations in Iran, the administration's explanations for the new war have been met with displeasure by many of the president's supporters who believe the country should focus on domestic issues.

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5732601/trump-maga-iran-war-israel

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Interesting dilemma for true MAGA followers.

They have a choice to continue to believe-without-thinking or to be true to their principles.

Cognitive dissonance can be so pesky.

[Skittles]

2. one would like to think they would finally wake up

but honestly, I don't give a fuck about them, they're a lost fucking cause - their allegiance was to TRUMP and not America, fucking DISGUSTING

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Here's the point: They CAN'T think unless someone they wholly trust tells

them HOW and WHAT to think.

Exhibit One: In 1979, my sister announced to our Jewish parents that she wanted to convert to Catholicism. They asked why. The real reason was that she was angling to marry her boyfriend (Catholic) and she figured it would grease the gears. What she told them: She wouldn't have to think anymore because The Church would tell her what to think, thereby no mistakes. Personally, I think the latter excuse was more accurate. Postscript: She broke up with her boyfriend and married a "nice Jewish boy".

[Woodwizard]

6. Principles?

The ones I know are fluid with their beliefs whatever trump and his circle decides that is what they follow.

My in laws are a perfect example.

Not even sure it's belief, it is just being part of the maga cult.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Paraphrasing Karl Marx, MAGA is the opium for the masses.

[Whip-poor-will]

3. little child rapist

A rapist gotta rape little girls big country whatever..

[Skittles]

5. huh?