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Trump’s Iran War Talk Testing His Ties With MAGA Loyalists

US President Donald Trump

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Takeaways by Bloomberg AI

Donald Trump’s hints that he may dispatch the US military to help Israel destroy Iran’s nuclear program has spurred a revolt from his typically faithful America First base, further dividing a party already struggling to unite around the president’s second-term agenda.

Trump continues to be non-committal on what he’ll ultimately decide, but his rhetoric toward Iran has grown more belligerent in the six days since Israel launched its offensive — pushing the US closer to involvement in a foreign war.