Trump Is Getting Drilled, Baby, Drilled
The Bulwark • • nation
Key Points:
- A divide is growing between MAGA voters and the MAGA intellectuals over the Iran war, with only 12% of 2024 Trump voters opposing the conflict, despite criticism from right-wing commentators.
- Recent Israeli strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure and Iran’s retaliatory attacks, including significant damage to Qatar’s LNG facilities, have escalated tensions and raised energy price concerns.
- President Trump, who initiated the war, is increasingly focused on the economic impact, particularly rising energy costs, and has warned against further attacks on energy infrastructure, threatening severe retaliation.
- The administration is seeking $200 billion in supplemental Pentagon funding to replenish depleted military stockpiles due to the Iran conflict, but Republican support in Congress is uncertain given the war
