Overview

• Establishment Republicans, including congressional leaders, have publicly praised the strikes and dismissed claims of constitutional overreach
• Far-right MAGA influencers such as Marjorie Taylor Greene and Steve Bannon condemned the operation as a broken promise and a bait-and-switch on foreign wars
• Rank-and-file MAGA voters say their trust in the president’s America First commitments has been shaken by the perceived hypocrisy of targeting another country
• A J.L. Partners survey found 67 percent of MAGA Republicans view Israel’s conflict as America’s war, indicating broad support for aggressive action abroad
• Allies caution that any Iranian retaliation could draw the United States into a wider conflict and further fracture the president’s base