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Trump fully supportive of Israel’s wars despite opposition from MAGA
Reporting from Washington DC
US President Donald Trump’s latest statements and language show that Washington clearly is in full support of Israel in its action against Iran in this ongoing attack.
Trump cut short his visit to Canada, where he was attending the G7 summit, saying that he had to deal with the situation in the Middle East.
Indeed, it’s been a busy day at the White House. There was a full national security meeting that lasted for one hour. Subsequent to that, there were a number of separate individual meetings with the secretary of state and the special envoy to the Middle East, as well as the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the military. The last to leave the White House was Vice President JD Vance.
What is being planned and what Trump is deciding are still uncertain. However, those social media messages certainly ratchet up the pressure on Iran.
Trump has several options on the table, but some of those are igniting a split even within the Republican Party, and particularly with the MAGA faction, about whether the US should be directly involved in the conflict.
Many in the MAGA faction are arguing that the US should not get involved, and it is not the business of the US, and that it should only be “America First”, which is their slogan.
There are domestic constraints. But these in the past have not proven to have very much sway over what Trump decided to do, or not to do.
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after attending the G7 summit in Canada [Brendan Smialowski/AFP]