U.S. Intervention in Foreign Affairs Divides Trump's Base
The tension in the Middle East has inflamed long-simmering disagreements in Trump's political base over U.S. intervention in foreign affairs. 'No issue currently divides the right as much as foreign policy,' Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist, said on X.
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