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MAGA camp splinters over Iran war
The confusion and fear over Trump’s illegal war on Iran are fuelling anger, even in his own ranks in the MAGA camp.
MAGA podcaster Joe Rogan has called Trump’s war plan ‘insane,’ as military families are flooding hotlines, desperate to avoid deployment. The fallout is now reaching areas Trump likely never expected to be touched.
Disquiet on the home front
US army veteran Mike Pryzner of the Center on Conscience and War, says service members are flooding his hotline.
[The] phone has been ringing off the hook. A LOT more units have just been activated for deployment than the public knows about… https://t.co/qax3F23lwM
— Mike Prysner (@MikePrysner) March 6, 2026
JOE ROGAN TURNS ON TRUMP:
“A lot of people feel betrayed.
He ran on no more wars and these stupid, senseless wars.
And then we have one that we can’t even really clearly define why we did it.” pic.twitter.com/yNxehNu2Ly
— ADAM (@AdameMedia) March 11, 2026
“Right, he’s 80, he doesn’t have much to lose. That’s the scary thing about old leaders — it’s like, death is imminent. It’s within a decade, if you’re lucky,” Rogan said. “That’s spooky.”
JOE ROGAN IS DONE WITH TRUMP:
“He’s 80. He doesn’t have much to lose. That’s the scary thing about old leaders. Death is imminent. It’s within a decade.
You’re making decisions for the future of the world & you’ve only got maybe 10 years left on earth” pic.twitter.com/JWUI0TqvP1 https://t.co/jEWSJwf2EE
— ADAM (@AdameMedia) March 12, 2026
Who are the winners?
Pryzner said there is one group that is happy about all of this. A religious extremist faction inside the military—what he called a “crusader faction”—has been pushing for this war. They are the same people who think the Iraq war was not brutal enough.
For instance, the U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has got a kafir/كافر (infidel) tattoo under his Deus Vult tattoo a Crusader slogan.
The U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has got a kafir/كافر (infidel) tattoo under his Deus Vult tattoo — a Crusader slogan. pic.twitter.com/XLxscgbSkp
— DOAM (@doamuslims) March 27, 2025
So, where do we currently stand?
US soldiers are begging to get out. The MAGA podcasters call the president insane. And the men with Crusader tattoos seemingly are the winners of Trump’s second term.
Featured image via the Canary