President Donald Trump on Wednesday downplayed the notion that his supporters are chilling him amid uncertainty about whether he orders Iran to strike the US, addressing a rift between his most vocal MAGA supporters and national security conservatives.
“My supporters are in love with me more today. I’m in love with them more. They’re more than they were in the election when we were totally landslides,” Trump told reporters that a new flagpole was built in the White House and a machine was built in the background.
“There may be some people who are a little unhappy right now, but there are some who are very happy. There are people outside the base who can’t believe this is happening. They’re so happy,” he said.
Trump leaned in the situation room with his national security team on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegses told Capitol Hill lawmakers that the Pentagon offers Trump a possible option on Iran, but he won’t tell him if the military has plans to support Israel’s strike.
“I might do that, I might do that,” Trump said Wednesday in an exchange with reporters. “I mean, no one knows what I’m trying to do.”
Trump’s comments came as longtime defenders of his American First Mantra are calling for him to appreciate the greater US role in the conflict between Israel and Iran after a week of deadly and counter strikes.
Georgia GOP MP Marjorie Taylor Green, commentator Tucker Carlson and conservative fire truck Charlie Kirk are among those who are reminded of the dedicated audience of Trump’s 2024 promise to resist military involvement overseas.
Let’s see other people who have heard this: Steve Bannon
Shortly before Trump spoke, Steve Bannon, one of the top advisers of his 2016 campaign, told the Washington audience that bitter feelings about Iraq were the driving force behind Trump’s first presidential candidate and the Maga movement, telling him, “One of the core doctrines is not eternal war.”
However, Bannon, a longtime Trump ally who sentenced him to four months in prison for refusing a subpoena in a January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, suggested that Trump would remain loyal from his base. On Wednesday, Bannon admitted that he and others were opposed to military intervention until the end, but that “the Magazine movement supports Trump.”
Ultimately, Bannon said Trump must insist on Americans if he wants to join Iran, but he hasn’t done that yet. “We don’t like it. Maybe we hate it,” Bannon said.
“But, as you know, we’re on board,” Alex Joneste posted a line of social media on Wednesday, with headshots of Trump’s official president and AI from President George W. Bush on social media. Afghanistan.
Writing “what you voted” on top of Trump’s image and “what you got” on top of composite material, Jones added:
Trump returned to Carlson on social media and called him a “cookie.” At an event at the White House, Trump said Carlson “apologised and apologised” for calling him, and Carlson said he was “a nice guy.”
On Wednesday, his conversation with GOP Texas Sen. Ted Cruz exposed the division among many Republicans.
The two remained for two hours on a variety of issues, most likely US involvement in Iran, and Carlson accused Cruz of putting too much emphasis on protecting Israel in his foreign policy worldview.
“I don’t know anything about Iran,” Carlson told Cruz. After the senator said he doesn’t know Iran’s population or its ethnic composition. “You are a senator who is seeking to overthrow the government, and you know nothing about the country.”
