Opinion may still change if the US finds itself in a long, drawn-out war, but it may have been wrong to think the president’s base would be turned off by strikes on Iran.
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Washington | When Donald Trump was weighing up an attack on Iran, the accepted wisdom was that he risked alienating his Make America Great Again voter base.
The MAGA movement embodies Trump’s America First agenda. A white, conservative, Christian, nationalist movement that opposes immigration and big government but embraces global economic dominance and traditional family values.
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