US EditionTrump's war in Iran fractures MAGA media
Polls show over 90% of MAGA supporters back Trump’s military action in Iran despite splits among prominent MAGA media figures and rising U.S. casualties.
- This week, Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, former Fox hosts, recast as anti-war voices amid splits in MAGA media over Iran, AP reports.
- Human and economic costs include seven U.S. service members killed, 140 injured, oil peaking at $120, and a U.S. military probe blaming "outdated data" for a February 28 school strike, while the White House released wartime videos.
- Polls show over 9 in 10 MAGA supporters approve of the war, with The Economist and YouGov reporting 91%, and NBC News indicating 90% approval among MAGA-aligned Republicans.
- On Wednesday night, President Donald Trump flew to Kentucky to back Ed Gallrein seeking to unseat Rep. Thomas Massie and said, "We gotta get rid of this loser," Trump told the crowd.
- Some activists urge a 2026 midterms boycott or voting Democrat, while analysts warn that as 2028 approaches, the MAGA split could deepen and reshape candidate positioning, with signals donors prefer Rubio.
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Trump's MAGA vow U-turn as he considers law change amid Iran war oil price hike
The war in Iran has seen oil prices surge around the globe as the Straits of Hormuz - one of the world's major shipping lanes - was blocked amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East
'What struck me': Trump official shocks CNN hosts with major Iran war concession
CNN's John Berman was staggered by a high-ranking administration official's comments about President Donald Trump's view of global energy shocks.Energy Secretary Chris Wright appeared Thursday morning on "CNN News Central," where he told co-host Kate Bolduan that the 79-year-old president was thinking long term and therefore not concerned with short-term disruptions in the global oil market caused by his war in Iran."President Trump's thinking l…
How Israel and Iran Are Fracturing MAGA Media
President Trump's war in Iran has sparked a heated fight in conservative circles, pitting some of Trump's most ardent supporters in the media against GOP lawmakers who are backing what critics argue is a conflict pushed by Israel but unpopular with the American people.
Fracturing the MAGA base: A conversation on the War in Iran and its Reverberations at Home, with Steven Gardiner
In this season 4 bonus episode, Koki sits down with PRA’s Principal Research Advisor Steven Gardiner to discuss the outset of the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran, how the war compares to a history of U.S. imperial violence, and what it signals about the second Trump administration and its authoritarian project. Gardiner provides analysis of how the lack of support for the war signals possibilities for meaningful rupture in the MAGA coalition and ad…
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