"Driving the news: "MAGA loves it. MAGA loves what I'm doing. MAGA loves everything I do," Trump told NBC News in an interview in which he denied that the U.S. is "at war" with Venezuela. "MAGA is me. MAGA loves everything I do, and I love everything I do, too." What they're saying: Conversations with MAGA operatives and media figures reveal varying degrees of comfort with regime change, a concept that became politically toxic after the Iraq War."
"Some were bullish on Venezuela, praising the operation as a blow to Chinese, Russian, Iranian and Cuban influence in the region - and a clear display of U.S. military dominance. Trump "is protecting the American interest in the Western Hemisphere," said Breitbart News' Matt Boyle. "He did so with a quick and decisive military and law enforcement action - not a long, drawn-out war...This is 'America First' in action.""
The reaction to the attack on Venezuela indicates that many MAGA supporters favor limited, decisive action, especially within the Western Hemisphere. Trump portrays MAGA as fully supportive of his approach and denies that the United States is at war with Venezuela. Conversations with MAGA operatives and media figures show mixed comfort with regime change, given its post-Iraq political toxicity. Some conservatives praised the operation as reducing Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and Cuban influence and demonstrating U.S. military dominance. Proximity, migrant flows, and drug trafficking make intervention more acceptable to many 'America First' adherents.
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