Overview

• On June 20, Bannon demanded authorities probe whether Fox News personalities Kayleigh McEnany, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin were “representing” Israel by championing a U.S. strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear site.
• He labeled McEnany’s proposal of a “one swoop” airstrike on Fordow as “infantile” and “dangerous” and questioned if pro-Israel advertising influenced Fox’s Iran coverage.
• McEnany criticized the isolationist wing’s caution on military action as resembling President Biden’s “beachside foreign policy,” urging decisive intervention against Iran.
• Both Hannity and Levin have pressed President Trump to authorize a strike over fears that Iran is close to producing a nuclear weapon.
• The clash exposes a broader rift within the MAGA movement over U.S. interventionism, with President Trump giving Iran two weeks to secure a nuclear deal or face potential military action.