MAGA will support this. Christian Nationalists are foundational to MAGA and many buy into Trump being chosen by God. They are staunchly pro-Israel and the attacks on Iran fit right into the prophecy/end of world/Armageddon narrative.
Originally Posted by Turner2099
THIS is really important. Remember that Mike Huckabee is the U.S. Ambassador to Israel. He is an ordained Southern Baptist minister and is a strongly committed Zionist. He has made many statements like "“Everything that I embrace as a Christian is rooted in the promises that God gave to the Jewish people.”
That "promise" includes taking the West Bank, which he has very much supported.
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Originally Posted by rooster
Those are both intriguing points. The religious aspect probably does play some role for part of the coalition. Christian Zionism has been part of American politics for a long time, and people like Huckabee clearly talk about Israel in theological terms.
At the same time, U.S. support for Israel has traditionally rested on several different pillars — religious support, strategic alignment, domestic political coalitions, and lobbying influence.
What I find interesting about the current moment is that at least one part of the MAGA coalition — the America First / anti-intervention wing — may be less comfortable with military involvement abroad than traditional Republican foreign policy has been.
On the point about MAGA ultimately supporting this, I’m curious what you mean exactly. Do you mean they’ll ideologically support it, or that they’ll eventually fall in line politically because Trump backed it? Those seem like slightly different things, and I’m interested in which you think is more likely.
