Trump faces uproar from MAGA base over possible Iran strike

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

June 18, 2025 9:09 PM EDT Updated 9 hours ago


WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The prospect of a U.S. strike against Iran has exposed divisions in the coalition of supporters that brought President Donald Trump to power, with some of his base urging him not to get the country involved in a new Middle East war.

Some of Trump's most prominent Republican allies, including top lieutenant Steve Bannon, have found themselves in the unusual position of being at odds with a president who largely shares their isolationist tendencies. Bannon, one of many influential voices from Trump's "America First" coalition, on Wednesday urged caution about the U.S. military joining Israel in trying to destroy Iran's nuclear program in the absence of a diplomatic deal.

"We can't do this again," Bannon told reporters at an event sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor in Washington. "We'll tear the country apart. We can't have another Iraq." The anti-interventionist part of the Republican Party is watching with alarm as Trump has moved swiftly from seeking a peaceful diplomatic settlement with Iran to possibly having the United States support Israel's military campaign, including the use of a 30,000-pound "bunker buster" bomb.

The criticism shows the opposition Trump could face from his right-leaning "Make America Great Again" flank should he join the fight, a step that Iran has warned would have big consequences for Americans without specifying what that might be.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-faces-uproar-maga-base-over-possible-iran-strike-2025-06-18/

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. How INSANE has America become when Steve HOBO Bannon

is a voice of reason and moderation??? We are so fucked.

[speak easy]

16. Like Gabbard, Bannon is not pro peace, he is pro Putin.

[Renew Deal]

20. He's not the voice of reason

He's an extremist with a different agenda, and this distracts from that agenda.

[sboatcar]

2. Well, he is deeply unpopular, and you saw how the war in Iraq made GW Bush more popular...

[delisen]

3. I suspect Putin will be the hidden Decider.

Rank and File MAGA gave up their power when they cast their votes for Trump in 2024.

The power Trump has to screw them and the US is immense. For example, Trump could pardon every prisoner in the Federal penitentiary system immediately. Is this a possibility? Well he pardoned every Jan 6 insurrectionist, despite most of his voters being opposed.

SC Chief Justice John Robert’s added to the Trump presidency even more power than the Constitution had granted the presidency. What has been Trump’s response. He grabbed that additional power pushed for more and attacked the entire judiciary, including the Supreme Court. ( Thus making John Robert’s Amember of the ever-growing “I did not think the Leopard would eat My Face club).

[BumRushDaShow]

7. I expect Putin considered him a wild card though

and probably didn't put all his eggs in that basket for obvious reasons. He used him for his own purposes as long as he could and will probably shift the strategy a bit.

[Crowman2009]

4. Oh that's cute, the MAGA dipshits thought a GOPer president would be anti-war.

[Martin68]

5. It's a lose-lose situation for Trump. He's between a rock and a hard place this time. Love it!

[BlueMTexpat]

13. Same here!

He's caught between his two warmonger masters: Vlad and Bibi!

[sakabatou]

6. And it's only NOW they realize the leopard ate their face.

[IronLionZion]

8. We do whatever a foreign country wants from us because America first, right?

Bibi Netanyahu is calling the shots here.

[Orrex]

9. If only some party had a congressional majority and the Constitutionally granted power to act

[Ohioboy]

10. MAGA outrage doesn't last long

MAGA will be supporting whatever Trump and his boss Putin want in 5,..4,...3,...2,...1.

[Miles Archer]

11. Yeah, well. the MAGAts can no longer do anything for Trump (and I'm not including "3rd term conspiracy theories."

I keep seeing headlines about the angry MAGAt base, and what are they gonna do? Not vote for him?

And I don't want to credit BANNON with being "right," but he said that no matter how much the MAGAts object, once Trump tells them to go along with it, they'll just go along with it.

The fundamental thing to consider here is that Trump does not "BELIEVE IN" ANYONE, but he convinced the MAGAts he believed in them, and they desperately needed to be told that (true or not), so...

...I don't see those leopards changing their spots any time soon. He'll tell them what to think, and then that's what they'll think.

[Warpy]

12. If they can keep us out of this mess, three cheers for them

Remnember, the right thing done for the wrong reasons is still the right thing.

Besides, we're getting so few victories these days we have to take them where we find them.

[Skittles]

14. WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR THIS!

OH YES YOU DID, YOU STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLES

YES.YOU.DID.

[speak easy]

17. +∞

[Baitball Blogger]

15. "We'll tear the country apart."

Well, since Bannon and the rest of the MAGA creeps have already done that, I presume he means Iran will drive a wedge between the MAGAs.

[Attilatheblond]

18. FOX, MAGA voters, GOP policies, Iran, and the weird arc of history

— Lisa (@gracehunterlisa.bsky.social) 2025-06-19T22:46:49.710Z

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Not getting good feels about things lately

[Renew Deal]

19. Aside from the interventionism argument, I think it's better if the US stays out of it

Israel got themselves into this. Let them figure out what the goals are and how to get out of it. If the US gets involved, it's hard to get uninvolved. Besides that, I think it's hypocritical for dovish Trump to get involved in this situation. It undermines his agenda and message.

I think Trump only gets involved if he thinks it's an easy victory. For Iran, it's important to make it messy to scare Trump away.