Review article by RT

https://www.rt.com/news/634016-iran-war-trump-division/

How the Iran war is dividing Team Trump

The conflict has exposed deep rifts within the president’s MAGA coalition

We read among others:

> Where was Vance?

> ”Our interest, I think, very much is in not going to war with Iran,” Vance told an interviewer in 2024. “It would be a huge distraction of resources. It would be massively expensive to our country,” he explained. Vance, a Marine Corps veteran, built a political career advocating for a US more focused on domestic issues, and was among the most vehement Republican critics of military aid to Ukraine. In 2023, he announced his endorsement of Trump in an op-ed titled “Trump’s Best Foreign Policy? Not Starting Any Wars.”

> Once the war with Iran started, Vance was nowhere to be seen. He made no public statements for three days, appearing only in a series of photos released by the White House that heightened rumors of his isolation.

> Does Hegseth want a ground war?

> Even among Trump’s most pro-war advisers, there are competing visions for how the conflict should play out. Earlier this week, Hegseth and Rubio were “at each other's throats” over sending ground forces into Iran, an anonymous source told Middle East Eye, with Hegseth reportedly angling for a ground invasion and Rubio more conscious of the risks involved.

> The Pentagon has called the report “100% FAKE NEWS,” while the State Department has not commented.