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By Staff Writer with Agencies | Open Chronicle
Washington, D.C. — June 15, 2025 — Former Trump strategist and far-right firebrand Steve Bannon, long known for his isolationist leanings and opposition to U.S. entanglement in Middle Eastern conflicts, said Wednesday that the MAGA movement would ultimately support Donald Trump if the former president decides to intervene militarily in the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict.
Speaking at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast attended by reporters and policy observers, Bannon acknowledged that some within the Make America Great Again base, including prominent voices like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and media personality Tucker Carlson, have publicly opposed U.S. involvement in any new war. Yet, he suggested that loyalty to Trump will override those objections if the former president chooses to back Israeli strikes against Iran.
“There’ll be some in the movement who won’t like it, maybe even hate it,” Bannon said. “But the vast majority will say, ‘We trust your judgment. You’ve walked us through worse. We’ll get on board.’”
The remarks come as speculation intensifies over whether Trump, who has remained deliberately vague on his foreign policy intentions regarding the escalating conflict, will commit American military support to Israel. Israeli leaders, meanwhile, are reportedly confident that a second Trump administration would be far more likely to offer such backing.
“They are certain that Trump is going to join this war,” a senior Israeli analyst told CNN on Wednesday, adding to a wave of strategic calculations rippling across Middle Eastern capitals.
Despite his prediction of MAGA alignment, Bannon reiterated his opposition to any U.S. entry into the conflict, calling the current situation “far more dangerous” than the buildup to World War II.
“We’re in the early stages of the kinetic part of the Third World War right now,” he warned. “This is the most important moment in modern American history — more dangerous than the late 1930s.”
The stark rhetoric reflects growing anxiety within conservative and nationalist circles, many of whom have championed a foreign policy doctrine of restraint and withdrawal. Yet, if Bannon is correct, those principles may ultimately yield to Trump’s influence should he endorse an attack on Iran.
A Divided Base
The MAGA movement, long fueled by a distrust of foreign interventions and a desire to prioritize domestic concerns, now faces a profound ideological test. Figures like Greene and Carlson have echoed populist warnings against “forever wars” and military adventurism, often citing the financial and human cost to working-class Americans.
But the possibility of a pivot, driven not by principle but by deference to Trump, could reveal internal fractures within the movement. Whether those fractures widen or coalesce around Trump’s potential wartime leadership remains to be seen.
For now, the U.S. government has not committed troops or air support to the Israel-Iran conflict. But with Israeli strikes entering their fifth consecutive day and Iranian retaliations growing bolder, international observers warn that the window to remain uninvolved is closing rapidly.
As 2025 unfolds, the question is no longer whether MAGA supports war, but whether it supports Trump more than its anti-war convictions.