MAGA base fractures over how Trump ended the Iran war: Poll

President Donald Trump’s deal with Iran hasn’t gotten rave reviews from his biggest supporters.A new CBS News poll found 56% of self-identified MAGA voters said the US should end the conflict with Iran now, while 44% said the US should continue the war until “Iran gives up more.” For all self-identified Republicans surveyed, 60% believe the conflict should end, and 40% said war should continue to get more Iranian concessions.

What’s more, Republicans aren’t overwhelmingly convinced Trump signed a deal that was beneficial for the US.A CBS poll found that 47% of MAGA supporters say the agreement is better for the US, while 12% believe it’s better for Iran and 41% say it’s “about equal” for each country.Among all Republicans, only 39% said the deal is better for the US, 19% see it as better for Iran, and 42% see the deal as equal for both the US and Iran.The official 14-point deal with Iran was released last week just as the poll was conducted from June 17 to June 19.

The plan has received rare pushback from GOP politicians, some of whom wanted the US to keep up the military fight and demand a better deal.Sen.Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said in an X post that “Reagan is rolling over in his grave” over the deal.“Iran’s nuclear ambitions were not curbed, and they have learned that threatening the Strait of Hormuz works and will undoubtedly leverage it in the future.

Now, Iran gets to build brand-new infrastructure under this deal,” Cassidy wrote.While Cassidy is speaking more freely as a lame duck senator who lost his re-election bid, other figures, like Sen.Ted Cruz (R-Texas) — who is a prominent ally of the Trump administration said it is “not remotely in America’s interest” to pay for Iran’s rebuild. “History teaches that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is a bad idea,” Cruz said, per the Daily Wire.

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