Trump’s Iran dilemma exposes bitter split in president’s circle

The dilemma of If the United States should join Israel By attacking Iran, or staying outside the offensive, he exposed divisions among the supporters of US President Donald Trump.

The Republican President plans to help target the nuclear installations of the Islamic Republic, following a meeting with its national security advisers in the White House situation room on Tuesday.

On the campaign track, Trump has often embarrassed the stupid “stupid wars” in the Middle East, but also argued that Iran “cannot have a nuclear weapon”.

The possibility that he can attract the United States to another foreign tangle has started the island and bellicists of his party bitterly to each other.

Among those who have expressed doubts about Iran’s nuclear plans are Trump’s national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard, who, in March, said in front of Congress that, even if Iran’s enriched uranium was at a top of all time, experts did not think that he was working on a nuclear weapon.

On June 10 – only three days before the start of the Israeli strikes on Iran – Gabbard also published a video in which she warned that “the political elite and the bellicists” were “negligently forest of fear and tensions” which risked putting the world “on the verge of nuclear annihilation”.

Gabbard’s video and previous comments would have opened a gap between her and Trump, who reported that Politico, the media, said “has become exasperated” to video.

“I don’t care what she said,” Trump told journalists when he asked her questions about her previous comments before the Congress. “I think they were very close to having a weapon.”

Later, she accused the media of having removed her previous comments out of context, telling CNN that she was on “the same page” as Trump.

Gabbard was not alone among the Republicans to criticize potential participation in the United States in the conflict.

Tuesday, republican conservative The member of the Thomas Massie Congress of Kentucky reassured himself with the Democrats to introduce a bill which would prevent Trump from involving American forces in “unauthorized hostilities” with Iran without approval from the congress.

“This is not our war. Even if it was the case, the congress must decide such questions according to our constitution,” posted Massie on X.

Several supporters of Trump’s “America First” doctrine have pointed out that he promised to keep the United States away from “wars forever” like those who led to the death of thousands of American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Former Fox News host, Tucker Carlson, called on the United States to stay outside the conflict with Iran.

On his podcast, he castigated Republican “chalets”, causing a reprimand of Trump, who called Carlson “Kooky”.

The Congress of Georgia and Loyalist of Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, jumped to the defense of Carlson in a very unusual break with the president.

She said that anyone supported such an intervention was not “America first”.

Tensions exploded Tuesday in a cries match on Tuesday during an interview between Carlson and the Colpist senator from Texas Ted Cruz. Cruz became defensive when asked if he knew the population and the ethnic mix of Iran.

Carlson said: “You are a senator who calls for the overthrow of the government and you know nothing about the country!”

Cruz replied: “No, you know nothing about the country!”

Steve Bannon, Trump’s former political strategist, has argued on Carlson’s podcast that “the deep state” to lead the United States in a war with Iran “would explode” the coalition of Trump supporters.

“If we are sucked in this war, which seems inexorably that it will happen on the side of the fight, it will not simply explode the coalition, it will also thwart the most important thing, which is the expulsion of the illegal extraterrestrial invaders that are here,” he said.

On Wednesday, however, Bannon seemed to slightly softening his tone, telling the participants during a Christian scientific monitor event that the Maga wing of his supporters would trust his judgment if he decided to commit American forces in the conflict.

“Maybe we hate him but you know, we will get on board.” He said.

Another conservative political commentator, Charlie Kirk – who describes himself as closer to the “isolationist” side of the debate – declared on X that Trump was “pragmatic” and values ​​”common sense”.

“I don’t know if President Trump will choose to involve America against Iran,” Kirk wrote. “But he is a man I trust to make this decision.”

Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell said it was “a kind of bad week for isolationists” in the party.

“What is happening here is a part of the isolationist movement led by Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon are in distress, we could help the Israelis to defeat the Iranians,” McConnell told CNN.

Other Warhawks of the Party act on Trump to target Iran.

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said it was in the United States national security interests to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb. Tehran maintains that its nuclear program is for peaceful and civilian purposes such as energy.

“President Trump understands the threat that ayatollah [Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei] Presents us, not only Israel, and that he will help, in the end, Israel to finish work, “Graham told Fox News.

Vice-president JD Vance, seeking to fill the gap, said in an article on social networks that Trump “could decide that he must take additional measures to put an end to Iranian enrichment”.

“This decision finally belongs to the president,” he added. “And of course, people are right to worry about foreign tangle after the last 25 years of silly foreign policy.”

An opinion poll in recent days indicates that Trump voters will largely support the United States by helping Israel to attack Iran.

Gray House’s survey revealed that 79% of respondents would support the United States by offering the offensive Weapons for Israel to strike Iranian military targets. Some 89% were concerned that Iran obtained atomic bombs.

On the Trump’s social networking platform, many have expressed concern that the United States is again involved in a Middle East conflict thousands of kilometers.

“No war with Iran. More foreign wars,” wrote a user. “America first!”

Another user warned that participation in the United States in Israeli operations could politically cost the Republicans in the years to come.

“Don’t do this,” the user wrote. “Republicans will never win if you do this.”

During the White House campaign in September, Trump said: “We will quickly restore stability in the Middle East. And we will return the world in peace.”

With the Iran-Israel conflict on an edge of the knife, the question of whether the American president is an isolationist or an interventionist can be answered as soon as possible.