Donald Trump’s war on Iran marks the US president’s final break with his ‘America First’ allies and embrace of interventionism. It’s a decision that will haunt whoever inherits the leadership of his divided movement.
In the week since the US and Israel began striking Iran, support in Washington for ‘Operation Epic Fury’ has cleaved predictably along party lines. The Republican-controlled House and Senate rejected a war powers vote that would have granted Congress the ability to decide whether Trump could continue the conflict, while public opinion has been equally partisan: according to a CNN poll, 77% of Republicans support the war, compared to only 18% of Democrats.
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