President Donald Trump does not seem to be preoccupied with the contradiction that his war with Iran presents for many of his MAGA allies and base.
His defense chief, however, was out early Monday morning to assuage feelings of betrayal among the “America First” isolationists who supported a president who railed against Washington’s “endless wars” and the campaigns of regime change and nation-building pursued by the U.S. during the Bush-Obama years.