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Trump's Iran strike tests MAGA unity ahead of midterms
Trump's coordinated strikes with Israel against Iran have fractured the MAGA base, with 77% of Republicans supporting the war despite internal dissent ahead of midterms.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump ordered a major U.S. military strike on Iran, launching Operation `Epic Fury` with jets pounding Tehran and hitting three storage and enrichment facilities tied to Iran's nuclear program.
- Seeking to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, the administration said the strikes aimed to pressure for regime change, departing from Trump's campaign promises on avoiding foreign wars.
- Some MAGA voices criticized the strikes Saturday, warning it could hurt Republicans, while polling shows 72 percent of self-identified MAGA supporters backed the action and a Feb. 23 Economist/YouGov poll found 56 percent of Trump voters supported force.
- The strikes increase election-year risk as Republican congressional leaders worry voters will punish them, while a fifth of global oil and petroleum flows through the Strait of Hormuz threatens gas price hikes.
- MAGA is likely to judge the strike by speed and clear national interest, as many view it as potential betrayal risking Trump's 'peacemaker' brand if prolonged.
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MAGA Is Turning On Donald Trump Over Strikes Against Iran
Source: Anadolu / Getty Polls were already indicating that President Donald Trump is the most unpopular president of any of our lifetimes before his administration joined Israel in launching the deadly strikes against Iran that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and five other top Iranian officials, more than 150 Iranian civilians, and six U.S. service members so far. Now that the commander in chief that MAGA rubes believed would serve a…
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Leaning Left58Leaning Right26Center54Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left
Bias Distribution
- 42% of the sources lean Left
42% Left
L 42%
C 39%
R 19%
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