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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Trump’s military attack on Iran reveals split among Maga diehards

a woman in tank top smiles and waves at a man in military uniform
The congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene visits an army fitness competition coinciding with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, in Washington on 14 June. Photograph: Rod Lamkey/AP

Saturday’s US strikes on Iran provoked conflicting reactions from isolationist Republicans who support Donald Trump’s “Make America great again” (Maga) movement, catching them – like many Democrats – between supporting efforts against nuclear proliferation and opposing American intervention in foreign conflicts.

The far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene – a loyalist to the president – reacted to the strikes by urging those in the US to pray that terrorists do not attack “our homeland” in retaliation.

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