Is 'America First' Over?

"Curt Mills, an anti-interventionist and the executive director of The American Conservative, told us that this is "an elite-driven war, driven, frankly, by the 'deep state.'" Former Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, an "America First" devotee who recently broke with Trump, called it "always America last." The Trump ally and Blackwater founder Erik Prince said that he doesn't "see how this is in keeping with the president's MAGA commitment.""

"Tucker Carlson, a far-right podcaster who has long promoted conspiratorial views about Israel, met with Trump three times in the Oval Office over the past month, using the meetings-each lasting roughly 90 minutes-to urge the president against striking Iran. Carlson's pitch to Trump was simple: "You need to stand up to Israel, or else you're going to be destroyed and the country is going to be destroyed.""

President Trump claimed his MAGA base supports all his decisions, but his authorization of military strikes against Iran in partnership with Israel has fractured this consensus. High-profile Trump allies including Marjorie Taylor Greene, Erik Prince, and Tucker Carlson have publicly criticized the military action as contradicting Trump's "America First" philosophy and anti-interventionist promises. Critics argue the strikes represent elite-driven foreign policy rather than prioritizing American interests. Tucker Carlson reportedly met with Trump multiple times to discourage Iranian strikes, warning that supporting Israel's agenda would harm both Trump and the nation. This dissent challenges Trump's assertion that his base uniformly endorses his foreign policy decisions.

Read at The Atlantic