Since Donald Trump's return to office, various controversies have surfaced, reflecting internal tensions within his MAGA movement. Disputes over skilled worker visas, military actions, and conspiracy theories have emerged. A significant divide arose regarding potential military action against Iran, highlighted by a public dispute between Tucker Carlson and other MAGA supporters. With a vast majority of Trump's followers against involvement, figures like Candace Owens criticized Trump’s foreign war stance, while Laura Loomer threatened to expose dissenters within the movement. This climate indicates a potential fracture in Trump's base over critical issues.
Recently, media talk of a "MAGA civil war" reached its apex over the question of whether the U.S. should bomb Iran's nuclear infrastructure. The former Fox host Tucker Carlson, who opposed such an operation, sparred with two boosters: the current Fox host Mark Levin, and the Republican senator Ted Cruz, whom Carlson revealed to be ignorant of basic facts about Iran in a clip that went viral.
MAGA personalities like Charlie Kirk expressed fear that doing so could profoundly fracture Trump's movement; Kirk polled his X followers on whether the U.S. should get involved, and, of the nearly five hundred thousand respondents, ninety percent said "No."
Candace Owens, a far-right commentator, accused Trump of betraying his promise not to enter foreign wars. In response, Laura Loomer, another far-right commentator, who earlier this year persuaded Trump to fire various national-security officials, said that she was "screenshotting everyone's posts" and "going to deliver them in a package to President Trump so he sees who is truly with him and who isn't."
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