MAGA Uncivil War: Donald Trump's hardcore acolytes have turned on him over Iran escalation
For nearly a decade, Donald Trump held together a coalition that should not have worked. It combined voters exhausted by America’s endless wars with others who believed the country had grown too hesitant to use its power. Trump made that contradiction look like coherence. He could sound like a sceptic of foreign interventions and a champion of overwhelming force, often within the same speech, and his supporters would hear what they wanted to hear.
For nearly a decade, Donald Trump held together a coalition that should not have worked. It combined voters exhausted by America’s endless wars with others who believed the country had grown too hesitant to use its power. Trump made that contradiction look like coherence. He could sound like a sceptic of foreign interventions and a champion of overwhelming force, often within the same speech, and his supporters would hear what they wanted to hear.
