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