Trump used Steve Bannon lunch and ‘two weeks’ statement as distractions ahead of Iran bombings: report Breaking bread with populist firebrand was seen as a move away from military action at the time The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2025
US supreme court allows Trump officials to deport migrants to countries other than their own – as it happened Supreme court decision – in which three liberal justices dissented – represents significant win for president The Guardian - US · Jun 23, 2025
Washington tells Trump after Iran strikes: No more ‘forever war’ The two wars launched under the Bush administration, Iraq and Afghanistan, cost thousands of American lives and reshaped the world. Now the possibility of a repeat in Iran has lawmakers on all sides concerned The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2025
Hegseth’s call for ‘peace’ shows Trump thinks he can have it both ways despite his punishing Iran ‘Hammer’ strike NEWS ANALYSIS: How US could now be headed for another Iraq War-style 'break it, you bought it' involvement in Middle East, writes John Bowden The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2025
Trump’s military attack on Iran reveals split among Maga diehards Marjorie Taylor Greene and Steve Bannon lead voices on right seeing airstrikes as break with ‘America first’ doctrine The Guardian - US · Jun 22, 2025
Are the Maga isolationists losing influence over Trump’s Iran deliberations? Director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fallen in line with the US president – other war-sceptics are following The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2025
Trump’s coalition is self-destructing over the Iran war question You don’t have to be a fan of Tucker Carlson to enjoy the spectacle of a Republican civil war The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2025
Netanyahu's Other Battle: Swinging Trump And US Behind Iran War Since launching air strikes on Iran last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been working to pull President Donald Trump into the war, and sway a sceptical American public. International Business Times · Jun 20, 2025
It sounds like 2003 on Fox News It sounds like 2003 on Fox News — but is MAGA listening? Salon · Jun 20, 2025
Trump brushing off MAGA base on Iran for this new power trio of GOP hawks who won his ear President is increasingly turning to a handful of Iran hardliners and brushing off the MAGA isolationists that got him elected to a second term The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025
MAGA civil war gets uglier as Trump first pal Laura Loomer hurls Qatar money ‘lie’ at Tucker Carlson ‘Tucker is controlled by Muslims. People need to wake up and stop pretending like this is a conspiracy theory,” Laura Loomer exclaimed this week, prompting Carlson’s business partner to fire back: ‘This is a lie.’ The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025
Trump denies approving Iran attack plan but will make decision ‘within two weeks’ President denies report in Wall Street Journal and says newspaper has ‘no idea’ of his plans for Israel and Iran The Guardian - US · Jun 19, 2025
‘Who in the hell are you?’: Steve Bannon rips Netanyahu over influence on Trump and US ‘Who are you to lecture the American people? The American people are not going to tolerate it,’ former Trump strategist raged on his War Room podcast. The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025
Iran air strikes: Republicans split over support for Trump and another ‘foreign war’ After returning early from the G7 summit in Canada, Donald Trump met with his national security team to be briefed on the escalating Israel-Iran conflict. It became clear that Trump was considering direct US military support for the Israelis. The Conversation · Jun 19, 2025
Al Jazeera · Jun 19, 2025 The US sponsored Iran’s 1953 regime change: Is Trump planning a repeat? A quarter century before the 1979 revolution, the US and UK helped depose democratically elected Iranian PM Mossadegh.
Latin Times · Jun 18, 2025 Trump Addresses MAGA Infighting Over Potential U.S. Involvement In Israel-Iran War: 'My Supporters Are For Me' President Donald Trump dismissed the possibility that his MAGA coalition will be fractured by the possibility that the U.S. will get involved in the Israel-Iran war
Latin Times · Jun 18, 2025 Steve Bannon Says Most of MAGA Will Back Trump If He Decides To Join Israel-Iran War: 'We'll Get On Board' Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon said he believes most of the MAGA movement will back President Donald Trump if he decides to join the Israel-Iran war
The Guardian - US · Jun 18, 2025 Tucker Carlson confronts Ted Cruz on Iran as Maga rift erupts into public view Public spat reflects fracture among Trump’s coalition over whether US should join Israel’s escalating conflict with Iran
The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025 Trump isn’t just burning his MAGA coalition over Iran — he’s inspiring a new one to rise against him ANALYSIS: Trump’s sudden re-embrace of the ‘neocons’ he just recently spurned is leaving Democrats a major political opening — if they can seize it, writes John Bowden
Roll Call · Jun 17, 2025 Trump's base grows anxious as Israel-Iran conflict escalates President Trump warned Iran's leader he could be taken out, and called for the country's "unconditional surrender" in conflict with Israel.
Salon · Jun 16, 2025 Tucker Carlson attacks Fox News Carlson accused the network of trying to force analyst Mark Levin on viewers
Salon · Jun 15, 2025 "Summoning the demon": MAGA splits on AI Some on the right see artificial intelligence as an apocalyptic threat from Big Tech
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025 Democrat John Fetterman spotted dining with Trump strategist Bannon at MAGA hotspot ...on the senator’s wedding anniversary The Pennsylvania Democrat, who has raised eyebrows within his party for his right-leaning sympathies, was seen dining at a restaurant in Washington, D.C., on June 9
The Guardian - US · Jun 11, 2025 As military is deployed to LA, rightwing media decry protesters as ‘invaders’ From Newsmax to Charlie Kirk, outlets and podcasts are calling for ‘hard actions’, arrests and the Insurrection Act
The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025 Musk grovels to Trump in bid to end feud as X boss ‘wants to repair relationship’ with president: Live In an interview recorded before Musk’s apology, the president did not rule out the possibility of a reconciliation