The following year, he was quoted in the New York Times voicing regret: “I supported the war and I now feel foolish.” The pushback from the right, he says now, was furious: “I was absolutely hated for that by people I knew well and worked with and was friends with.” But many others, including some in the America First camp, pushed back: “There is no analogy between the situation in Ukraine and Israel,” Stephen Miller wrote in 2023, saying Israel was “fighting a jihadist death squad” and that its war was “a necessary action to ensure the survival of the sole Jewish state.” And during a trip to the Middle East last month, Trump seemed to side with the America Firsters in a speech that criticized “neocons” and “interventionists.” In the speech, Trump insisted he wanted a deal with Iran — though he added that, if Iran rejected his overtures, he’d return to maximum pressure.
Author: Andrew Prokop
Published at: 2025-06-15 22:09:32
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