Tension in the Republican field: Trump attacked by Carlson, Loomer and Greene on the Iran dossier. Chaos between isolationists, interventionists and neocon
The probable military involvement of the United States in a conflict with Iran has thrown the American conservative world into chaos. Donald Trump defined “bizarre” Tucker Carlsonafter the latter had accused him of “complicity” in the Israeli attacks against the Islamic Republic. In turn, Carlson He had a tough quarrel with the Texas senator, Ted Cruzwho is a proponent of the hard line against the Ayatollah. On the other hand, the Trumpian activist Laura Loomer He attacked the former face of Fox News, thicking him to take money from Qatar. The deputy also took the field Marjorie Taylor Greene which, although very faithful of the current president, this time he lined up against him in favor of Carlson. Not only that. Trump it also has a blatantly denied what was declared in March on the Iranian atomic by her own director of the national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard: a figure highly appreciated by a part of the sorceress base. On the other hand, the same TrumpYesterday, he was unable to avoid admitting the fracture created in the US conservative world. “I could have some people a little unhappy now, but there are also others who are very happy,” he said, then reiterating that “Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon”.
To understand the structural causes of this crack, we must return to the origins of Trumpism as a political phenomenon. At the basis of the ideological impaling of America First there has always been a latent tension between two different conceptions of what should be the interests of the United States. The first soul, the original one, has a more isolationist trend, which looks above all to the protection of the Working Class And it expresses skepticism, if not hostility, towards military interventions abroad and regime changes. The second soul is the most “institutional” one, as an apparatus: raised as Trumpism was strengthening. In this second meaning, America First means recalibrating, yes, but also protect the imperial interests of the United States. Which does not mean supporting the interventionism in neocon sauce or i Change regime. However, it means admitting that Washington cannot afford isolationism and that, in certain cases, the acts of strength are needed on the basis of the Reagan principle of the “Peace Through Strengh”. In this perspective, the goal is to dose deterrence and coercion, to protect American interests.
Well, strategically allies to the last presidential elections against the dem, these two souls have now been split, following the possibility that Trump intervene directly against Iran. If the first is contrary to this scenario, the second is favorable. And be careful: to these two souls, a third must be added, represented by those republican representatives of Niocon derivation who, once anitropistists, have gone, so to speak, to graft into the Trumpism itself. It is then useful to try to identify at least some of the faces that represent these currents.
Among the isolationists, he appears first of all Carlson: very influential journalist between large layers of the sorceress, already during the first term of Trump He had shown himself hostile to a hard approach to Tehran. At his side, in addition to the Greenehas also deployed Steve Bannon. The senator also placed on the same line Rand Paul: a Libertarian contrary to military interventions abroad. According to all of them, the current American president would be betraying his original message, hostile to the “endless wars” and regime changes. It must be said that Trump For now he would not aim to break down the Iranian government, but if anything to destroy the Fordow nuclear plant. However, it is clear that a military intervention can have not always predictable results. On the other hand, in favor of the “Peace Through Strength” line, there are figures as the secretary of state, Marco Rubiothe director of the CIA, John Ratcliffeand the correspondent for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg. Closer to the intervention of Marca Neocon is instead the senator Lindsey Grahamwhich on Thursday explicitly hoped for a change of regime in Tehran. “It is time to close the chapter on the Ayatollah and his henchmen,” he said.
The interesting aspect is that all the names we have mentioned are allies of Trump. This testifies to the chaos exploded in the US conservative world. The knot concerns the future of the American empire. The isolationist wing aims at a folding, while the other two, although with different approaches, aim to protect it: in this sense, for them, actively containing or hitting Iran is a way to maintain the US influence in the Middle East, meeting the needs not only of Israel but also of Saudi Arabia. Trump He will therefore have to commit himself to be able to keep the various souls of his movement united. “Despite all the intestine struggles on ideological purity, the sorceress world remains a movement built around one man. That’s why Trump He is confident of being able to bend the base long before he breaks, “he reported yesterday Axiosadding that in any case the republican universe is also crossed by tensions on the migratory issue.
As it is, the Iranian dossier represents a political risk also for the dolphin of Trump, JD Vance. Historically on cold positions regarding military interventions abroad, in recent days he has admitted that the tenant of the White House “could decide to have to take further actions” against Iranian nuclear power. The vice -president is played a lot in view of the 2028 elections. And on the Middle Eastern question he will have to politically be careful. In the meantime, however, the Laita Democratic Party almost totally from the public debate. And the absence of an opposition worthy of the name does not facilitate, of course, the composition of the US conservative galaxies.
