Tim Miller and Will Sommer analyze how the MAGA movement is reacting to Israel’s strike on Iran and what it could mean for Trump’s coalition moving forward. As tensions rise overseas, deep divisions are surfacing within the far-right. From Jack Posobiec’s warnings about a fractured movement, to Nick Fuentes accusing Trump of betrayal, to Tucker Carlson openly opposing any U.S. involvement. We’re seeing cracks in what is usually a united front. Is the MAGA coalition’s “America First” mantra clashing with pro-Israel hawkishness?
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Tim, you should have on David Senior on your show. He’s one of the only Americans who actually knows what he’s talking about when it comes to Israel and its neighbors. I closely follow actual Israeli (Hebrew and English) news sources and he’s on the ball about most issues. He has contacts all over Israel on the far left to the far right.
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Would you agree that all of that MAGA leaders are just showmen like Trump? They don't have any beliefs or goals other than "I should get attention and therefor, money".
They pretend to disagree in order to get this week's attention. Everything is theater. But they're also sociopaths and morons or they wouldn't have picked "being an insincere Nazi" as a career path.
So there isn't real disagreement, there is only theater.
And I don't think the people who follow MAGA have any requirements of them other than enmity and cruelty. So the followers aren't going to break with Trump.
If Trump started a war with Iran that made everyone in this country poor and killed a bunch of American soldiers, then I'm sure his followers will be very upset with him, 10 years from now when he's already died from Hamberders.
Tucker et. al love to conflate supporting Ukraine with supporting the actions of the Israeli govt. To that wing of MAGA, both are equally wrong. (And when it comes to Israel, with a hefty dose of antisemitism).
But it’s a fallacy. Ukraine was a democracy that was brutally invaded by an autocratic regime. In contrast, Netanyahu and the Likkud party had to respond in some form following Oct 7 (actually Netanyahu should have resigned in light of the fact that it happened on his watch — as if). But the response was and is grossly disproportionate, using the heinous acts of that day as a pretext to commit war crimes, an attempted genocide and the expulsion of an entire people. To say so is not antisemitic. And the pernicious idea that one cannot criticize the illegal actions of the Israeli government without being accused of antisemitism has done more to spread antisemitism than anything I’ve seen in my lifetime.
As for Iran, I don’t believe Israel can accomplish this without US military involvement. So what’s the end game?
JD the isolationist. Except for that time he tried to invade Greenland.
We all know what Trump will do. He will straddle the fence for as long as he can and see how this plays out AND how people react. If the strikes are successful, and the initial indications seem so, the public generally supports it and MAGA is ambivalent then he will claim full credit. Tucker will still squawk, but Gabbard and most of MAGA will just keep quiet. Levin and Shapiro and Lindsey Graham will crow about the subtle genius of Trump playing “good cop” to Bibi “bad cop” while working to same goal. If things turn bad OR if his base really comes down on the side of isolationists, Trump will denounce the attacks and claim they undermined his peace negotiations. Like always, he has fallen ass backwards into a position where he can claim victory no matter what happens
And right before Trumpo's birthday parade!
If they start to get drafted they won’t be very happy
Am Yisrael Chai
Support Israel v support Iran nuclear armament?
Bibi is the biggest AH in the planet.
Tim & Will, Thanks for your reporting ,commentary and analysis. What's with these isolationist clowns you mentioned. Did they miss every history class their entire school careers? I have seen many comments from the Bulwark faithful that I also agree with. They ask, when do we call these wars Trump wars? It obvious, that tyrants like Putin and now Bibi have no respect or fear of Trump. They, like us, know he's a moron. They've talked to him. They know he's clueless. Trump would have a hard time with Greenland and Panama. To them he's strictly minor league. So Ukraine, Gaza and Iran are areas we should be able to alter the scales but alas, we have Trump, Vance, Rubio, Witcoff and the real joke, Hegseth. MAGA should be very, very concerned. The cover is off the ball and the stupidity is shining through.
How does tomorrow's parade not get jihadi'd?
I agree with Tucker on staying out of Middle Eastern wars. But people like Tucker are perfectly happy to sic the military on U.S. citizens who disagree with their agenda. Would a foreign war help or hurt Trump's authoritarian takeover here at home? I'm thinking it would hurt it. Although, if he ran out of troops to terrorize our cities, he could just restart the draft.
I bet Bibi timed this so Trump is preoccupied with his big boy birthday tank parade.
This was coordinated.
Dovish on Russia, Iran, and North Korea but hawkish on Greenland, Canada and Mexico. MAGA = Make America Gelatinous Again.
Sounds about right. Trump is basically Jello whose jiggles represent the last person who interacted with him.
This title is kind of clickbait-y, given the tepid report from Sommers.
At least they phrased it as a question. Will Trump's face melt if he opens the Ark? I don't know, but I'd click on a video analyzing that question in a heartbeat.
It’s not only Israel, but also Ukraine, that are opposed by the MAGA isolationist and anti-Semitic wing.