Overview

• On June 21, Trump ordered U.S. forces to target Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan nuclear sites, calling the mission a “spectacular military success.”
• Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie condemned the strikes for contradicting Trump’s campaign promises of “no more foreign wars” and “no more regime change.”
• Trump publicly rebuked Massie as “not MAGA” and announced plans to back a primary challenger in Kentucky against him.
• Despite dissent from hard-line MAGA influencers, many GOP voters and figures such as Sen. Lindsey Graham rallied behind the precision air assaults.
• Trump announced on June 23 that he had negotiated a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, while Congress considers curbs on executive war powers and gauges Iran’s remaining nuclear threat.