Iran war creates growing cracks within Trump's MAGA movement

The Trump administration's push for military action against Iran is fracturing support within the MAGA movement, with polling showing more than half of Americans oppose U.S. involvement in a potential conflict. Curt Mills, executive director of The American Conservative magazine, represents a vocal faction of Trump's base that opposes deeper military entanglement in Iran. The split reflects a fundamental tension within Trump's coalition between hawkish foreign policy advisers and the nationalist, "America First" wing skeptical of costly overseas military commitments. This internal disagreement could complicate the administration's ability to build broad public backing for any escalation in Iran policy. The divide underscores how Trump's unconventional approach to foreign policy—which promised to end "forever wars"—has created competing factions within his own political movement.