""President Trump seized control of the Republican Party on an anti-interventionist 'America First' platform," The New York Times reported on January 4, but his removal of Venezuela's leader "threatened to open a new rift within the political movement he has built." The former Trump strategist Steve Bannon told the paper that the president's messaging "on a potential occupation has the base bewildered, if not angry.""
"Two days after the Maduro operation, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 65 percent of Republicans supported it, compared with just 6 percent who didn't. Another poll, by The Washington Post, pegged that support at 74 percent. And a subsequent YouGov/CBS survey recorded even more striking results: 89 percent of Republicans backed Maduro's ouster, and for self-described "MAGA Republicans," the number was 97 percent-a level of enthusiasm that would make even the election-rigging Maduro blush."
Some conservative figures and outlets expressed concern that U.S. intervention in Venezuela could fracture Trump's anti-interventionist Republican base. Prominent voices like Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson warned that the president's messaging and potential occupation had the base bewildered and suggested interventionary motives. Polling after the Maduro operation showed overwhelming Republican support: a Reuters/Ipsos poll found 65 percent support, The Washington Post reported 74 percent, and a YouGov/CBS survey recorded 89 percent overall and 97 percent among self-described MAGA Republicans. A yearlong panel indicated that skepticism was not widely shared by rank-and-file voters.
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